Later she composed famous and popular mauritanian songs like hailala and koumba bay bay. This is followed by senegal two tracks, and guinea, niger, ghana, and mauritania one track each. Waidalal waidalal tomanka edit by tmnk free listening. Find details of any artist or track and save your favorite tracks in our custom playlist. Play and download for free dimi mint abba mp3 music. The second release of the world music network rough guides series, it largely focuses on malian music, with six of the twelve tracks coming from that country. Listen to the latest music, tracks by top artists, search for music, lyrics, songs, or videos. Dimi mint abba was born loula bint siddaty ould abba in 1958 into a lowcaste iggawin family specializing in the griot tradi read more. Released when khalifa was just 18, show and prove might have been called learn and prove, as it displays khalifas versatility and hunger, not only as an aspiring rapper but as a longtime rap listener. The first time i heared the original song i was stunned by the intonations of the voices that seemed come from another planet to me here is my remix of waidalal waidalal by dimi mint abba, khalifa o. I first heard dimi mint abbawho performs with her husband, khalifa ould eideat a party in rome in the 90s. Traditional folk music of mauritania information and songs.
One of the most interesting parts of the show is robert johnson and dimi mint abba from mauretania. Dimi mint abba was one of mauritanias most famous musicians. The rough guide to classic jazz is a jazz compilation album originally released in 1997. The compilation was produced by phil stanton, cofounder of the world music network. Dimi has one international release recorded in england in 1990 with husband khalifa ould eide on guitar, vocals and tidinit, and his two daughters on percussion. Dimi mint abba mp3 play and download for free mp3 music. All discography dimi mint abba, new sounds and new single. Together, the emotive synth experiments and diy modular bursts dip in and out from distant voices speaking words that.
Listen closely to their islamic sufi song, yar allahoo, and youll hear blues elements that will remind you of american bluesmaster, robert johnson and his preaching blues. The late dimi mint abba and her husband and tidinit lute player, khalifa ould eide, are two devotional singers from the west african nation of mauritania. Dimi mint abba and khalifa ould eide independence youtube. Aid maouloud her 1986 duo with seddoum ould eide, for example, is her most famous recording. Jil jilalas baba baba mektoubi and the tortoises song by khalifa ould eide and dimi mint abba offer mesmerizing, if very different, introductions to the musics of north africa, while the titlecut collaboration between kudsi erguner and members of the london pops orchestra forges a satisfying, albeit slightly new agey, alliance between. Part of the world music network rough guides series, the album covers the genres growth from the turn of the 20th century to the 1930s, largely focusing on the jazz age. This post, however, focuses on two recordings that are little known, even to dimi s mauritanian fans. She was born loula bint siddaty ould abba in tidikdja mauritania in 1958, into a lowcaste iggawin family specializing in the griot tradition. This sounds to me as if the entire muslim world fixed its hearts on the love that binds us. Moorish music from mauritania dimi mint abba, khalifa ould.
Download torrent abba flac fast and easy torrent search. Dimi mint abba 01 oh lord, bring apartheid crashing down. Lyra pramuk draws a line through a mysterious, triumphant. Khalifa oulde eide and dimi mint abba together with 2 women backup singers have created an album of music which pierces the prayer time of anyone at prayer. Fronted by an africanmoroccan woman in a traditionally male role, bab l bluz aredevotedto a revolution in attitude which dovetails with. Her first international release was on the world circuit record label, following a recommendation from ali farka toure. This post, however, focuses on two recordings that are little known, even to dimis mauritanian fans. She was born loula bint siddaty ould abba in tidikdja mauritania in 1958. Film music site hideous kinky soundtrack various artists. The mickey finn garden of my mind mickey waller, alan mark, bernard jory 2. There are often long musical sequences with little musical pulse, the music more pulled along by the melody than pushed by the rhythm.
Eide,khalifa ould abba,dimi mint moorish music from mauritania cd international 5019842001927. Moorish music from mauritania, an album by khalifa ould eide, dimi mint abba on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The recordings of dimi mint abba that i have featured in previous posts are among her more celebrated recordings in mauritania. Eide, abba, khalifa ould eide moorish music from mauritania. Her name was dimi mint abba and she was an ardin player. On this album, she was accompanied by her husband khalifa ould eide and her two daughters.
She was born loula bint siddaty ould abba in 1958 into a lowcaste iggawin family specializing in the griot tradition. Album cover of moorish music from mauritania moorish music from mauritania. Moorish music from mauritania by khalifa ould eide on spotify. The vocal urgency, the guitar style, each makes you hear and feel the unmistakable connection. Take the music experience to the next level with our online music player. The rough guide to west african music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1995. The most successful and wellknown traditional musician from mauritania was a woman which is notable for an islamicarabic country. Unbelievably, this was the first quality studio recording of moorish music of the islamic republic of mauritania, the debut of singers dimi mint abba and kalifa ould eide. I couldnt figure out if the voice belonged to a woman or a boy, and i couldnt get it out of my head. Dimi mint abba is one of the few artists from the northwest african country of mauritania to have an album released internationally and is widely regarded as.
Moorish music from mauritania dimi mint abba, khalifa. The hand of ali farka toure is in there somewhere, too. Eide, khalifa ould abba, dimi mint moorish music from mauritania cd international 5019842001927. Mar 14, 2018 the recordings of dimi mint abba that i have featured in previous posts are among her more celebrated recordings in mauritania. Dimi mint abba, one of the preeminent vocalists to emerge from. Dimi mint s fame has spread throughout the sahara and into the gulf states.
Moorish music from mauritania, an album by khalifa ould eide, dimi mint abba on spotify. Dimi mint abba mauritanian musician and singer britannica. After he finally broke through to the masses in 2010, wiz khalifas fans rediscovered show and prove, the pittsburgh rappers 2006 debut. Backing vocals, tambourine, drums tbal, handclaps fairuz mint seymali, garmi mint abba design, artwork impetus 2 electric guitar khalifa ould eide tracks. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Her first album was accompanied by his husband khalifa ould eide which was tidnit and guitar player and. Dimi mint abba, loula bint sidati ould abba, mauritanian musician and singer born dec. Waidalal waidalal tomanka edit by tmnk free listening on. The answer, of course, is that you cant, although this compilation does glide over some of the high spots but.
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