24 mixes with songs by “Ballaké+Sissoko”

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.

☃ A peaceful instrumental, ambient, minimalist and jazzy mix with Abdullah Ibrahim or René Aubry to stimulate the mind and find the hidden energy needed to study and focus on papers and readings ☮ with eight tunes for free download! ⁎✩*
❀‿❀ And if you listen to the full mix (26 tracks), I chose a part from one of the best present I received at Christmas: the 2011 concert from Keith jarrett in Brazil.✮♫

• Je pense donc je suis • Descartes • 1637 •

☯A slow day or night to think, write, read, study, meditate to the essence of life☮

Flute, duduk, Pan's pipes, piano, cello, violin, guitar, harp, zarb, kora... Thirty tracks for a meditative and inspirational fly ✰

Un voyage en terre de rêve pour retrouver la paix et la sérénité en vous (~.~)

Seventeen tracks / 1.3 hrs of African music by Amadou & Mariam, Asa, and Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal.

This mix (16 tracks), showcasing the majestic cello as the star instrument, even when accompanied by bass, guitar, kora or some non-distinct vocals, includes the rich color of music by 2Cellos, Adam Hurst, and Julia Kent. For the complete compilation, see http://www.littledropup.com/2011/11/and-now-the-cello-part-2/. You can also listen to the first cello mix on 8Tracks: http://tinyurl.com/3ujo2st.

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.

Take your bike and share my joyful trip to get energy and cheerfulness ☻ 21 tracks including some of my heroes ♥ Cesaria Evora ♥ Salif Keita and Abdullah Ibrahim.
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Edit 17 décembre
Bouleversée par la disparition de Cesária aujourd'hui.
http://8tracks.com/sabinewe/cesaria-evora-homage = another mix homage to Cesária Évora.

sweet and dreamy. inspiring music that I like to listen while I'm editing my photography.
25 tracks. some instrumental mixed with soft, indie female vocals. includes: Ludovico Einaudi, Sigur Rós and Vashti Bunyan

Seventeen tracks / 1.3 hrs of yoga music by Amadou & Mariam, Baka Beyond, and Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal... and more.

Eight tracks including music by Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal, David Sylvian, and Harold Budd & Hector Zazou.

What do you get when you combine newgrass, jazz, flamenco and classical? Maybe a whole lot of yummy music! 13 stringish tracks featuring double bass, mandolin, guitar, cello, kora & banjo.