An example of famo music, the folk music genre of the Basotho people.

French musician Vincent Bucher on harmonica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao?wprov=sfti1#Political_views_and_activism:

"Chao believes that our world lacks spaces for "collective therapy" and describes his concerts as small temporary spaces where people of different backgrounds can come together.[[21]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-Youtube-21)

Chao's lyrics provoke his audience to think about immigration, love, living in [ghettos](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto), drugs, and often carry a [left-wing](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics) message. This reflects Chao's own political leanings—he is very close to the [Zapatistas](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation) and their public spokesman, [Subcomandante Marcos](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcomandante_Marcos).[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-beater-1) He has many followers among the European left, the Latin American left, the [anti-globalisation](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalisation), and [anti-capitalist](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-capitalist)movements.[[22]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-rp-22) Chao is a founding member of [ATTAC](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATTAC).[[23]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-23) Punk and reggae historian [Vivien Goldman](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Goldman)commented of his work, "I was writing about [Good Charlotte](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Charlotte) and [The Police](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police). They adopted the trappings of punk. They aren't bad groups, but the punk aspect is more manifested by somebody like Manu Chao. He's one of the punkiest artists out there I can think of. It's an inclusionary spirit that is punk."[[24]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-24)["](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao#cite_note-24)

Pachamama Madre Tierra is my musical offering to the Earth — a song of gratitude, connection, and reverence. 🌿🥁🪶

Afro Bros with Iski - Pum Pum

Moombahton from Suriname.

Trollward - Syntagma

Fast-paced (good for headbanging) Medieval Folk Metal!

Just dropped the official video for "Broken Dolly" — Produced By Dj Jahmar , Edley Shine (Born Jamericans) on the mic. Lead single off Book of Micah Riddim, shot on location in Port Royal, Jamaica.

https://youtu.be/PcTL9Frr40Y?si=wCr36DxJ1kxovs7x

Hi everyone,

I've been searching for almost a full year now trying to track down the lyrics and Bambara transcription for the track "Sa Golo" by Malian blues legend Boubacar Traoré (from his 1996 album Sa Golo / featured in the film & soundtrack Je chanterai pour toi).

Here is a direct link to listen to the track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAffQXly36w

Because it's an older acoustic track sung in Bambara, standard lyrics databases like Genius and Musixmatch don't have it transcribed. I know the title refers to "snake skin" (sa golo) and draws on proverbs about human character, trust, and deceit, but I haven't been able to locate the full verses or a line-by-line translation anywhere online.

Does anyone here speak Bambara, own the physical CD booklet / liner notes, or know where to find a French or English transcription? Even if someone can transcribe a few key phrases by ear, it would mean the world to me after searching for so long!

Thank you so much in advance!

https://www.allmusicas.net/en/biografia/kinito-mendez/:

“José del Carmen Ramírez Méndez, better known as Kinito Méndez is a Dominican singer and songwriter. He was born on November 18, 1963, in Azua, Dominican Republic. He is known for his merengue performances.

Many of his compositions became classic merengues such as "El cacu", "El coronel", "El boche" and "La manito".

Kinito Méndez's beginnings in Music

Kinito Méndez was a member of the merengue group Cocoband, being a fundamental piece. Their talent contributes to the creation of a new concept of meringue with a refreshing air.

In 1991, he decided to create a new project called Rokabanda. With this group, he established a very personal style classified as merengue refranero. With his orchestra, he managed to be honored with the most sacred awards of the Dominican national art chronicle (ACROARTE), obtaining Casandra awards as Revelation Group of the Year in 1992 and as Popular Orchestra of the Year in 1993. "Ají titi", "El vacano", "Rechenchen" and "Los hombres maduros", are just some of the numerous hits they presented.

Subsequently, Kinito Méndez sought new paths, left Rokabanda and decided to be Kinito Méndez & Orquesta, establishing himself as a soloist with the commercialization of the productions "El hombre merengue", "El decreto" (1997), "A caballo", "Su amigo", "D' colores", and "A palo limpio", the latter nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards, in the category of Best Merengue Album.”

Bally Sagoo - Tum Bin Jiya

Indian Pop / 90's Electronica fusion.

"Tum bin jiya" means "Living without you" in Hindi.

Besides the music itself, I like opposing duality represented in the music video.

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Dary 3alamha

My Homeland's Flag

Artist: Mehad Hamad

Genre: Aghani Wataniya (Patriotic Songs) / Khaliji Folk

Language/s: Arabic

Year: 2011

Overview: "a profound patriotic anthem that blends political allegiance with traditional Bedouin tribal values"

Note: Modern Emirati National Day celebrations are said to be incomplete without this song from UAE's answer to Bob Dylan.

Lyrics

Genre and Overview are based on Google AI's responses to "genre and meaning/analysis" prompt

Juno Reactor - God is God

Electronica (PsyTrance) with Arabic samples. The music video is weird, but wild, in an artistic way.

Shantel - Andante Levante

Traditional brass band music from the Balkans [Serbian / Romanian / Bosnian / Croatian / Greek / Bulgarian / Rom (Gipsy) / Turkish].

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De Nit

At Night

Artist: Lluís Cartes

Genre: Acoustic Folk-pop (MV Version)

Language/s: Catalan

Year: 2012

Album: Carenant L'absurd

Overview: "a poetic exploration of the human psyche's duality between the constraints of daytime conformity and the chaotic freedom of the night"

Note: The album version is apparently more upbeat with its pop rock vibe.

Lyrics

Genre and Overview are based on Google AI's responses to "genre and meaning/analysis" prompt

Ensiferum - By the Dividing Stream

Ensiferum is a folk metal band from Finland. Some of their pieces are purely folk music (mainly medieval and Viking-era influenced folk music), with no heavy metal at all. This is one of them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Tiburk - Kanikani

Reggae Dub with Eastern vocals.

Paktofonika - Jestem Bogiem

Oldschool rap from Poland.

"Jestem bogiem" means "I am a god".

The violin strings in the instrumental, the DJ scratching the vinyl and the verbal flow of the rappers make it an interesting piece of music, even if one does not understand Polish.

113 - Tonton du Bled

French rap / hip-hop. The instrumental is based on traditional Arabic music from the Maghreb (North Africa).