New Music From Afro-Cuban on Calabash Music

Marabi Africa

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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.

Pancho Quinto

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Henri Guedon

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Henri “Kiké” Guédon, French West Indian percussionist, has been playing for more than 40 years, ranging from Afro Cuban to Antillean and African styles.

Asere

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The members of Asere (pronounced aséré, meaning “my friend” in the local slang) take a malicious pleasure in jostling the music of the Cuban granddads in order to give it a new youth.

Africando

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You're in Africa! You're in Cuba! You're in New York! You're in the world of Africando!

Son Amigos

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:45:30 -0600

Led by José Luís Martínez, co-founder of the grammy award winning Cuban salsa band Los Van Van, this trio plays authentic Cuban son, cha cha cha, boleros and more.

National Geographic GeoReMixes

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Los Acustilocos

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Original songs with Latin and Caribbean rhythms, beautiful melodies, vocal harmonies and multiple languages.

Mas Y Mas

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Latin music in the style of The Clash

Bembeya Jazz

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:45:30 -0600

One of Africa's greatest dance bands, Bembeya Jazz's signature four-guitar section still shines, crowned by the sterling lead guitar work of Sekou Bembeya Diabaté.