New Music From Madagascar on Calabash Music

Menwar

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Menwar is the most innovative ambassador of Sega music in Mauritius today. He is a charismatic singer with a strange voice

Nathalie Natiembe

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

The raw songs of Nathalie Natiembé are typical of the Reunion island. She draws strong emotions from words, digging deep into their essence.

Marabi Africa

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Marabi is the independant label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset, director of the Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême in France.The festival, place of exchange and discovery, is widely opened to urban popular musics from the African Continent, Indian Ocean, the Caribbeans, America. Marabi is mainly a discographic extension of this event. On the same artistic line, the label puts upcoming artists forward as well as patrimonial leading figures. Marabi is the name given to the South African Jazz born in the townships of the thirties.

Ren頌acaille & Bob Brozman

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D'Gary

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

D'Gary is "a monster guitarist!" He is the Madagascar's guitar wizard!

Ti Fred

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

In the nineties, Fred Belhomme sang the Maloya in Danyel Waro's band.

Abou Chihabi

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Abou Chihabi is singer and songwriter from Grande Comore who fights against social injustice and racial discrimination.

Mily Clement

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Mily Clément had played with numerosous band, including Jaojoby, before he started to sing his own song.

Jobily Weber

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Jobily means “birthday” in Madagascan and it’s the hope that he sing as a kind of therapy for him and people who suffer everyday.

Kilema

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:34:22 -0600

Kilema is from a family of musicians. He started using his voice at an early age, already singing in a children group and participating in vocal and onomato-poetic competitions. He draw his inspiration from his roots: ethnic and local music, work songs and country sources. He plays Kabosy, Katsa and Marovany as these instruments are highly representative of Madagascan traditionnal music.