[FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa

[John Leeson]

> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:22:10 -0800
> From: "Dore Stein" <tangentsradio at gmail.com>
> Subject: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/Trains/Tangents change of
> 	address
>
> One covers the music of the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and
> Djibouti.

> Does anyone know Somali (only Maryam Mursal/Waaberi so far), Eritrean or
> Djibouti artists they'd recommend?

Dore:

A couple of "Canadian" suggestions for your show:

For Somlian music, you definitely want to consider K'Naan
(http://www.thedustyfoot.com/), who's nominated for a 2007 BBC World Music
Award (Best Newcomer). He's now based in Toronto, but his music is rooted
in his native Somalia. Not sure if his CD is released in the U.S., but it
can be acquired on his website. A real talent.

Last January, CBC Radio produced a wonderful concert here in Toronto
titled "Horn of Africa" with a large number of musicians based here, but
originating in Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea. A large part of that concert
has been re-broadcast several times on the CBC. It's possible you may be
able to acquire and play some songs from it. The log from one of the
re-broadcasts is here:
http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/ON_STAGE/20060604.shtml

I can email you offline the email address of the concert's producer, Todd
Fraracci.

(I have some photos from the concert here
http://to-music.ca/gallery/060128_horn

John Leeson
www.to-music.ca