Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara - Kele Kele

Justin Adams is a guitarist and composer who works in blues and African styles. Adams co-wrote the 2005 Robert Plant album "Mighty Rearranger", and is a renowned producer. He has worked with Saharan desert blues group Tinariwen, whose first and third albums he produced, Robert Plant's Strange Sensations band, and has collaborated with Brian Eno, Juldeh Camara, Jah Wobble, Lo'Jo and musicians from African, Arabic and Irish traditions. Justin began his career in the 1980s with the band The Impossible Dreamers. Two days ago he did open up for Robert Plant. Where Justin Adams played together with Juldeh Camara.

Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara cooking up a crude and transnational Afro-Blues, who spiced up the cooperation with Robert Plant and Tinariwen. Justin Adams driving guitar match the West African Juldeh Camara's hypnotic ritti (African violin) and powerful voice perfectly.

The duo's first album, Soul Science, took quickly to the top of the charts and was nominated in the same time to not less than three World Music Awards. After that, another successful album, Tell No Lies, reached the audience. When we see them live it as a trio, percussionist Salah Dawson Miller ("a shaman at the court of Genghis Khan", Evening Standard) makes Adams and Camara joined on stage together and bring the old spirit of African juju-rock.

"I like to keep things raw and swinging so it never gets too pristine or too sweet...I like trancey, circular rhythms and voices that are in between pleasure and pain, where it's bittersweet." Says Justin Adams

Justin and Juldeh have been playing together for two years "At certain soundchecks I'd start playing something and Juldeh would rush over and say 'keep playing that! We've got to play that tonight' Juldeh would record things on his mobile phone , so that's they way we came up with a lot of material" explains Justin. Over time the two musicians have naturally fused their styles and begun to create a musical language of their own, where it becomes difficult to see if Justin is becoming more African or Juldeh more Western.

The reference points for this release are recordings from the 1950s by the likes of Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters.



Here is a bonus clip with Robert Plant in Abu Dhabi "Whole Lotta Love"



More info @ Justin Adams MySpace

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Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling & Dharohar Project - Devil's Spoke / Sneh Ko Marg

British singer-songwriter Laura Marling and London based indie folk band Mumford & Sons brand new EP of collaborative recordings with a collective of Indian musicians, the Dharohar Project. Its a nice mix of world music and folk rock.

The EP features 4 songs, including collaborative re-workings of Mumford & Sons’ song ‘To Darkness’, and Laura Marling’s ‘Devil’s Spoke’.

Todays tune "Devil's Spoke / Sneh Ko Marg" is taken from Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling and Dharohar Project EP (2010)



iTunes Festival, Roundhouse - 9th July, 2010



More info @
Official Laura Marling Website
Official Mumford & Sons Website
Mumford & Sons at MySpace

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VA - We Are The World 25 For Haiti

As I were in Berns in Stockholm at Humor Galan yesterday
and helped to build this tv show I wanted to make some noise here!

There is a universal helping organization called UNICEF
They help Children all over the world to survive and have a decent life.
They are in Haiti, Afrika, South America U name it!

And right now here in Sweden there are a TV program that collects
money for UNICEF to help all this children in need.
If U live in Sweden CALL 099-90990 U can be a world parent DO IT!!
For more info:
Go in at http://blog.unicef.se/ Its on Swedish.
Or if other countries go to: http://www.unicef.org/

Contibute DO SOME GOOD FOR THESE KIDS!!
I am a World Parent since last year!

I sorta thought this video fitted :)

Love, Thetania



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Sting - A Thousand Years

This is about the most beautiful songs that
have been done that I have encounter til now.

Sting is the singer of the band "The Police"
that band just didnt really get together again
after 1984, they did a reunion tour in 2007-2008
on a tour but I guess the project sort of didnt
really continued. But u never know.

His real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner.
He must be about 61 year old now.



About the lyrics of this tune ...Wow
Im really touched of it.
A long lost love he had for thousands of years or
maybe millions of years..

Ill give u one more Video at the end that is
cool ´cos the Arabic guy that sing as well
does put a oriental touch of it all.
His name is Cheb Mami from Algeria,
he sing rai music usually.
Its called the "Desert Rose"

Enjoy people!

Peace Brothers and Sisters,
Thetania




Desert Rose With Sting and Cheb Mami



Wanna know more?
www.sting.com

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Eros Ramazzotti & Anastacia - I Belong To You

Eros Ramazzotti, born (October 28, 1963) in Rome but now based in Milan, is a very popular artist in Italy. A career spanning over 25 years, he has sold over 50 million records and has had great success all over Europe and in South American countries. He is also a very familiar name within Spanish speaking communities residing in the USA as he records his songs not only in his native tongue, Italian but also in Spanish.



The "Ali e Radici"(Roots & Wings) 2009/2010 tour, named after the new album kicked off 17th October 2009 in Rimini, Italy and finishes in Milan, Italy on the 10th April 2010. Stops along the way will include dates in France, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Spain and more. Yesterday it stopped in Sweden and The Ericson Globe. The tour travels with 11 trucks and a few buses, the stage was built up on containers and a big led wall (video), the containers also had inbuilt video, kinda cool effect.
Sound was good and the lightning was ok as well. So the overall it was good, Eros voice was under big pressure and couldn't deliver 100%. The tour travels with mostly a Italian crew, their English ain't much to hang in a christmas three, so the work was not as efficient as it could be.

Todays tune "I Belong to You (Il Ritmo della Passione)" is a duet by Eros and the American singer Anastacia, released as the second single from both Ramazzotti's eleventh studio album, Calma apparente (2005), and Anastacia's first greatest hits album, Pieces of a Dream (2005). The song is a ballad in which Anastacia sings in English and Ramazzotti in Italian or Spanish. Enjoy!




More info @

Eros OfficialWebsite
Anastacia's Official Website

Amadou & Mariam - La réalité

The blind couple from Mali Amadou & Mariam is the 2:nd band from the music festival Way Out West on Tune Of The Day. This is also the 2:nd time the couple is on Tune Of The Day. This is World Music with a very high class, i really like the stuff from Mali. I hard to stand still when you hear this.
Even if im more to the blues, soul part of this couple but this aint bad at all, modern beat with nice guitar playing and good vocal from them both.



Enjoy this tune and more Way Out West things tomorrow.



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Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York, formed in 2006. The band gained attention via a variety of blogs, such as Stereogum. The band claims to be influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music, describing their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto", with such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and "Oxford Comma" referencing Congolese soukous music.

Members are:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitar, piano, hand drum
Rostam Batmanglij – organ, chamberlin, piano, harpsichord, guitar, vocal harmonies, drum and synth program, shaker
Chris Tomson – drums, guitar
Chris Baio – bass guitar

"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was the fourth single by indie rock band, Vampire Weekend, released 18 August 2008. And this tune swings alot, i really like it.
Get a little of a Paul Simon feeling when i listen to this tune.
What i also notice that Peter Gabriel wanted to do a cover of this tune, well that could be very intressting to hear.

Anyway, Vampire Weekend will play at Way Out West festival this upcoming weekend so this is the first tune out of a series of artists that will perform during this festival. More WOW tunes tomorrow, Enjoy!





More info @ Vampire Weekend website Or Vampire Weekend's MySpace page

Chiwoniso Maraire - Wandirasa

Chiwoniso Maraire (Born in 1976 in Olympia, Washington, U.S.). Daughter of famed Zimbabwean mbira master Dumisani Maraire, she is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and exponent of East African music.

“I am like a mirror,” declares Zimbabwe’s popular music star Chiwoniso Maraire. “I basically sing about what I see happening in the world. If someone comes up to me in the street to ask for money I’ll sing about that. If people are jumping borders because their economic situation is too difficult, I’ll sing about that. If the police are beating people up and intimidating them, I’ll sing about that.”

A song of unrequited love...
with the kind participation of great dancer Alex Mhlanga from Amawumbo Dance Company.



More info @ Chiwoniso Official Website or @ MySpace

Oumou Sangare - Seya

Oumou Sangare (born February 25, 1968, in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." Wassoulou is a historic region south of the Niger River, and the music there is descended from traditional hunting songs, and is accompanied by a calabash. Her mother was the singer Aminata Diakité.
Oumou Sangaré is also involved the world of business, hotels, agriculture and the sale of cars: Oumou Sangaré has given her name to a Chinese automobile.

Seya (Joy) is the first album in six years from 'Mali's Star of Stars' and it reaffirms her position as one of Africa's great female vocalists and an African phenomenon. Since Moussoulou, her debut release, rocketed her to national superstardom in 1989 she has retained her position as one of West Africa's most admired and outspoken artists.



More info @ Site officiel d'Oumou Sangaré

Sting - Desert Rose - Live with Cheb Mami

Talking about good tunes This is one man i respect a lot i do hope he comes to Sweden soon. Sting he have done lotsa great tunes.

there is nothing more to say right now..just listen and enjoy!

Hugs Thetania

Amadou & Mariam - Je Pense A Toi

Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Mali's capital Bamako 15 April 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music.

The duo produces music that mixes traditional Mali sound with rock guitars, Syrian violins, Cuban trumpets, Egyptian ney, Colombian trombones, Indian tablas and Dogon percussion. All these elements put together have been referred to as "Afro-blues".

Todays tune is the great Je pense a toi

Boubacar Traoré - Je Chanterai Pour Toi

The Bluesman from Mali

Boubacar Traoré has gone from being the voice of Mali to obscurity, bouncing back to become an internationally respected singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He will be playing together with Madieye Niang on Calabash and Vincent Bucher on mouth organ.

Tonight he will perform @ Kägelbanan.

Check out this incredible musician on MySpace

Beirut - Elephant Gun

Beirut is the band of 22-year-old Santa Fe native Zach Condon. The band's first official release was assisted by Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw) and Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw); it combines elements of Eastern European and folk sounds. Condon plays the trumpet and the ukulele as his main instruments, having been unable to play guitar because of a wrist injury that prevented his hand from reaching fully around the neck of a guitar.[

Elephant Gun is Directed by Alma Har'el Off the EP "Lon Gisland"

Rokia Traore - Dounia

Rokia Traoré (born January 24, 1974) is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Traoré was born in Mali as a member of the Bamana ethnic group. As her father was a diplomat, she travelled widely in her youth including to Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium. As a result of this travel, she was exposed to a wide variety of influences. Her hometown is Kolokani, in the northwestern part of Mali's Koulikoro region.
Todays tune is picked from her newest album Tchamantche.
Enjoy!

Niyaz - Feraghi (Song of Exile)

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By any measure, Niyaz has come very far, very fast. ...
By any measure, Niyaz has come very far, very fast. The trio's 2005 debut featured a convincing blend of Sufi mysticism and trance electronica, and quickly established them as a standout ensemble in a very crowded world music field. A worldwide tour followed. Now, Niyaz returns with Nine Heavens, which doesn't just cross cultural and stylistic boundaries, but the centuries as well. Drawing on medieval Persian poetry and 300-year old Persian folk songs, Niyaz has created a 21st century global trance tradition.
This may seem like a tall order for a band that's barely three years old -- until you realize who these musicians are. Vocalist Azam Ali co-founded the best-selling world music duo Vas in 1996; her unmistakable voice has graced numerous recordings and major film scores. Loga Ramin Torkian is a multi-instrumentalist whose group Axiom of Choice brought the ancient sounds of Persian classical music to Western listeners in the 1990s. And producer Carmen Rizzo, a multiple Grammy nominee, has worked with Coldplay, Seal, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and many others. Small wonder then that the trio hit the ground running with its self-titled debut. Now, with Nine Heavens, Niyaz breaks new ground in a two-disc format: the first is an adventurous, spiritual exploration of the ties that bind Persian, Indian, Turkish, and Western dance music. The second disc showcases 8 out of the 9 songs in a purely acoustic setting.

Issa Bagayogo - Dambalou

Issa Bagayogo (b. 1961) is a Malian musician. He has released three full-length albums all under the record label Six Degrees Records. Issa lends his voice and plays the kamele n'goni (a six-stringed West African instrument similar to a banjo) while Yves Wernert is the producer and keyboardist. Bagayogo blends his native Malian traditions with western pop music.

Issa Bagayogo, Mali Music, Mali K7, Studio Bogolan, Bamako Techno, World Music

Jim Pepper - Witchitai-to

Jim Pepper (born James G. Pepper in Salem, Oregon, June 18, 1941; d. Portland, Oregon, February 10, 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.

Jim Pepper Witchitai-to from the 1971 Embryo records release Pepper's Pow Wow

Wasis Diop - So La La

Wasis Diop (born 1950 in Dakar, Senegal) is an internationally renowned musician known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz. The son of a Senegalese high official and member of the Lebou tribe, Diop left Senegal in the 1970s to study engineering in Paris, but once there turned to music, joining a fellow Senegalese musician, Umban Ukset, in forming the band West African Cosmos. Diop left the band in 1979 to start a solo career, and over the next decade achieved some small success, particularly in partnerships with singer Marie-France Anglade of Black Heritage[1] and jazz saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu, but it wasn't until the early 1990s that his career began to take off with the success of his first album, the soundtrack to the film Hyenes (which had been directed by his brother, Djibril Diop Mambety). Variety described his soundtrack to 2006's Daratt from Chad as "outstanding".
More albums followed: No Sant in 1995, Toxu in 1998, and the compilation album Everything Is Never Quite Enough in 2004.
He lives in Paris and writes much of his music in French. Among English-speaking audiences, he's probably best known for African Dream, a single off No Sant which made it to the Top 40 list in England, and Everything is Never Quite Enough, which featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair.

Lizz Wright - Old Man

Lizz Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz singer and composer.

Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied at the New York New School, and in Vancouver.

Lizz Wright Band live in Basel, Switzerland November 2005. Lizz Wright with Marvin Sewell-g, Ede Wright-g, Massimo Biolcati-b, Rock Deadrick-d.