Arby Khaira 2018.April interview Bamako - Sahara VPRO [video]

For today, in my humble opinion, the most boring one in 12 months, no audio, but video upload to enjoy [and remember Khaira Arby]




Interview with Khaira Arby made around 2018.April in Bamako
[note: Khaira Arby died, aged 58, 2018.Aug.19 in Bamako]
This is part of the brilliant Sahara series made by Bram Vermeulen for VPRO, in which he travelled from the west coast of Mauretania through Mali, Niger all the way to the east coast of Sudan. Chad wasn't visited and flown over, because it was too dangerous there.
Though there is very little local music in the series, like Khaira Arby, it's HIGHLY recommended by us here from Pays de Mangues.
The series is made for Dutch television, but most of the language spoken is French and English, only sometimes some Dutch or local language, so pretty easy to follow for non-Dutch speakers.

Full info about the series at https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/sahara.html (incl.links to watch the
individual parts: 1.Mauritania / 2.Mali / 3.Niger - Zinder / 4.Niger - Agadez / 5.Sudan)

PS: sometimes the sound (in the VPRO player) is doubled, my solution is to switch the sound in the player off, the 2nd sound remains and is synchrone with the pictures

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And now that we're playing with videos, two playlists for you to enjoy




Uploads by henkrut:
Fatala from Guinee / SeneMali from guess where... Senegal and Mali / Stella Chiweshe live in Germany / Four Brothers live in London

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The very inspiring Fatoumata Diawara with videos about and from her 2018 release Fenfo - Something to Say (videos are provided with subtitles to be switched on)

remember Rachid Taha, Khaira Arby, Kasse Mady Diabate* and Pap Djah together

"il faut me pardonner - you must forgive me"

Pap Djah's last words before left on his own in the Sahara desert (in Niger)

*if you haven't seen yet, check wrldsrv's tribute to Kasse Mady Diabate

*playlist with the by Ngoni recommended videos

Tinariwen 2017.Mar.07 - Liverpool BBC Radio 3

As promised more than a year ago, and later requested by several followers of my blog (who I kept waiting for so long, sorry), herewith the complete BBC recordings of the concert Tinariwen gave on 2017.March.07 in Liverpool.

picture made at concert by David J.Colbran

It's the whole broadcast, cut into music and talking parts, so didn't come to cutting it into individual tracks (splitting m4a-files is really a too long drag for me now).
At the end a bonus, broadcasted in the same radio show after the concert recordings, and as it is directly related to my previous post (about Khaira Arby) makes it pretty neat!!!

TINARIWEN-20170307_Liverpool BBC

concert recorded 2017.Mar.07 by the BBC and broadcasted 2017.Apr.21 Radio 3 in World on 3 (recently renamed to Music Planet)

setlist: (DJ intro) / [concert pt.1] 1.Tinde / 2.Nizzagh Ijbal / (interview Abdallah) / [concert pt.2] 3.Issekad / 4.Tifawt / 5.Tamiditin Tan Ufrawan / 6.Kel Tinawen / 7.Ténéré Tàqqàl / 8.Chabiba / (talk with Andy Morgan) / [concert pt.3] 9.Ittus / 10.Tamatent / 11.Talyat / 12.Assawt / 13.Sastanàqqàm / 14.Nannuflay / 15.Tiwayyen / 16.Imidiwan Winakalin / (DJ talk) / [concert pt.4] 17.Cler Achel / 18.Ourshan / 19.Chaghaybou / (DJ talk)
bonus: Khaira Arby - Assa Dakmar (Festival au Desert 2003 - BBC World Music Archive) / (DJ outro)

notes:
*more details about timing etc.on BBC page and in textfile in downlaod
*pictures of concert found on internet shortly after broadcast are included in download (incl.sources)

Remember Khaira Arby next to Pap Djah

Khaira Arby 2011.Jul.02 Festival Hertme

After a much longer hiatus than planned back on the blog.
What made me to make time for posted is the sad news of the death of Khaira Arby on Aug.18 in a hospital in Bamako. As I was very much occupied with a lot of work, the news reached me only a few days ago, but it immediately did me decide to dig into the archive for a special post in remembrance of the "Nightingale of Timbuktu".

Khaira Arby 2014 April in Bamako, Mali - photo source: The Independent
(photo credit: Sebastien Rieussec/AFP/Getty Images)

What I have for you is the concert of Khaira Arby at the 2011 Afrikafestival Hertme, broadcasted shortly afterwards on (unfortunaltely deleted) Dutch Radio 6. Don't have songtitles, nor ever came to splitting the audio, so one file for you to remember Khaira Arby with enjoying an inspired concert by her and her band.

ARBY-KHAIRA-20110702_Afrikafestival Hertme R6

as bonustracks are included some recordings by Andy Kershaw of her, then named Haira Arby, in 1989 in Timbuktu and in 2003 at the Festival au Desert [all done for and broadcasted on BBC Radio]

Other media about Khaira Arby:

• APWW remembers Khaira Arby - Afropop (incl.videos of 2003 Festival in the Desert and 2010 International Tour)
• Obituary 2018.Aug.31 in The Independent 
• videos on Afrikafestival Hertme's own youtube channel - from AFH337 till AFH345
• Khaira, as Haira, Arby featured in my post about the 2004 Festival au Desert
• Unreleased Ali Farka Toure & Khaira Arby recordings made mid 1980s, available at VoA (note: posted by Matthew Lavoie currently of Wallahi Le Zein!)

Khaira Arby 2011.Jul.02 Afrikafstival Hertme
(source: afrikafestival.hertme )

Remember Khaira Arby next to Pap Djah