Showing posts with label madagascar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label madagascar. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

CD Review: Razia's 'Akory'

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Razia Akory Wake Up Music Madagascar is an island known for vanilla, Tarika, valihas, and now Razia. The Malagasy singer has been making...
Monday, November 3, 2014

CD Review: Maya Kamaty's 'Santie Papang'

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Maya Kamaty Santie Papang Sakifo Records/ Atmospheriques Reunion is an island primarily known for the music of international sensation D...
Monday, September 16, 2013

CD Review: Lala Njava's 'Malagasy Blues Song'

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Lala Njava Malagasy Blues Song Riverboat/ World Music Network Anyone familiar with Malagasy music knows about the valiha (tube zither) a...
Friday, February 24, 2012

CD Review: Mikea's 'Taholy'

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Mikea Taholy Contre-Jour Mikea is Theo Rakotovao from Madagascar. Mikea plays the kabosy, which is a box-shaped, wooden guitar with four...
Friday, December 16, 2011

CD Review: Simangavole from Reunion Island

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Simangavole Maloya Manier Fanm Maron Productions The music of Reunion Island is relatively underrepresented in today's world music i...
Friday, August 19, 2011

CD Review: Ny Malagasy Orkestra's 'Masoala'

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Ny Malagasy Orkestra Masoala Carthago The land of Madagascar has given us a host of musicians over the years, including Tarika, ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

CD Review: Damily's 'Ela Lia'

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Damily Ela Lia Helico Madagascar's Damily is a tsapika guitar player from the Southwest part of the country. Tsapika guitar music grew o...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

CD Review: Music of the Indian Ocean

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Davy Sicard Kabar Up Music The French-infused rhythms and vocals of guitarist Davy Sicard carries on the tradition of contemporary music fro...