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Thread #113584 Message #2417362
Posted By: Azizi
18-Aug-08 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: Favorite Songs by Black Singers/Groups
Subject: RE: Favorite Songs by Black Singers/Groups
Moving right along, here are some additional links to Black singers, and groups from Africa and the African Diaspora: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwMr3foanNk Ali Farka Toure -Soukora {Mali, West Africa} ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjwkJgMO_yg&feature=user Nation Beat @ Drom: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Brazil {and USA?} Nation Beat covers this classic American tune by the great Hank Williams -- with a very Brazilian spin [Note: for the purposes of this thread, racially integrated music groups are presented here under "Black groups"] ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMMSv2WpYKw&feature=related {Clifton} CJ Chenier- Bow Legged Woman - {Zydeco} USA ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVCn2WQ-cNk&feature=related Clifton Chenier - I'm a Hog for You {Zydeco} USA ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a_0BAW71E8 Rockin' Dopsie + Zydeco Twisters - Two Numbers (1984) {USA} ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Onz-USmso Raram No Limit-Kanaval 2003 {Haitian Music} ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG_rfDfrAK0&feature=related Thomas Mapfumo - Kukuvarira Mukati {Zimbabwe, South Africa} ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljv1P_bN3QU Kanda Bongo Man & Malage Soukous Clip {Congo {Zaire}, Central Africa} ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBSDE-Dywo Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry "7 Seconds" {Senegal, West Africa & USA} "It's not a second Seven seconds away Just as long as I stay I'll be waiting It's not a second Seven seconds away Just as long as I stay I'll be waiting"