No were are not off to Ireland this week; We are in fact off to the Côte d'Ivoire or as us Brits like to call it the Ivory Coast. I'm going for the former as that was the name that popped up on my Blog Stats.
For all things African I find it best to refer you to Ernie and he has a veritable smorgasbord of Ivorian treats on offer.
I also found a terrific playlist of Retro Ivorian Songs. I was particularly taken with this one by Antionette Konan
I also realised that I had Veto de Dieu by Alpha Blondy on Rock the Kasbah a relatively recent Charity acquisition
In addition to Mr Blondy a quick trawl of the World Wide Web yielded another couple of interesting acts.
Dobet Gnahoré (born 17 June 1982) is an Ivorian singer and the daughter of percussionist Boni Gnahoré she plays with the group Na Afriki, consisting mainly of French and Tunisian musicians, who accompany her with the guitar, sanza balafon, calebasse and bongos. Due to the civil war, she moved to France in 1999
Yodé & Siro is an Ivorian zouglou band from Abidjan. It was formed in 1996, and composed of Gervais Dali Djédjé, and Sylvain Decavailles Aba.
Next week's one will be an absolute doddle and I am really surprised that it took this long to record visitors from this country famous for its music
Yode et Soro - Enjailement a l'Ivorienne
Somewhere or other there is a photo of me with Ms Gnahore after an excellent show of hers at the South Bank in London many moons ago
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DeleteI liked the track by Ernie's friend so much I nicked it. Very nice. That country famous for its music must be.......Wales. I'm right aren't I? Gorkys Zygotic Mynci please.
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