116 mixes taggedblues world

Mali. The M stands for Melancholy. And Musical Mastership.
Here are some of Mali's finest, often playing together with Western musicians. Such a shame that Mali is struggling with local wars nowadays. Picture: made by Malick Sidibé, a great photographer from...Mali.

Heterogeneous! Different, but still the same.

Thinking about how music conveys motion. Eight tracks including music by All Around Sound Blog, Gonzalo Marín, and Panman.

Sexy, hot, moody and fucking cool.

Some (mostly) West African music that focuses more on the melodic side of things. Stings, voices, horns, idiophones, and the like (a few horns thrown in too). Tradional and folk mixed with blues, classic high life, and stuff like that. Chill, yet invigorating. Hope you enjoy!

Total run time: 1.2 hours

Artists are from Mali, Senegal, and Nigeria.

Ayub Ogada is from Kenya--one exception to my West Africa theme, but a beautiful song... Ry Cooder being the other.

16 tracks of out-there blues and folk from musicians who aren't afraid to take old genres in new directions.

Eight tracks including music by Jacky Zhang, ZHM, and 张惠妹.

Seventy-three tracks including music to make you stomp your feed, think, blue, rock, cry,...

Eight tracks including music by Captain Beefheart, Chet Baker, and Jihae.

Eleven tracks including music by Camille, Carla Bruni, and Denis Couture. In A French Mood? Well, here is some things I'm in love with when it comes to that language of love. I have a passion for anything French.

Twenty-two folk tracks that focus on the intricacies of the acoustic guitar. Finger picking reins supreme here. including music by Bert Jansch, Kaki King, and Davy Graham.

Eight tracks including music by Alice Gold, Frank Sinatra, and Friendly Fires.