Here are six new entries to the ever-growing Afropop "Top Videos Playlist." Enjoy!
First up, a sensational new video from Natu Camara, the New York-based, Guinean singer who has been on the rise in recent years. This video is her best work yet, and a preview of her coming second album.
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New tango from Argentina from the band Contrabandeando. Their P.R. for the band’s third album talks about a new direction for the band. “Cumbia, a salsa, a landó and a boogaloo, with touches of huayno or reggae, show the variety in the repertoire.”
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Here’s some trippy Afrofuturism from the Caribbean, by way of Brooklyn. “Nite Bjuti is Candice Hoyes, Val Jeanty and Mimi Jones, an evocative improvised trio of Afro-Caribbean artists using electronics, vocalism, bass, Haitian drum rhythms, sampling and spoken word to cultivate their narrative journey.”
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Dutch guitarist Joep Pelt was a blues guitar phenomenon as a teenager. He went on to work with the late Malian maestro Lobi Traore and a number of other global projects. Here’s sampler of live shows with his new Ethiopian music project: the Entoto Band.
This is an audio-only post, but it’s special. “Mamba Sambou” by Sijam Bukan of Gambia comes from a superb release from Smithsonian Folkways, Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia, available February 3, 2023.
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The U.K.-based Congolese singer Juanita Euka has been featured on our show before. She’s a niece of Franco of TPOK Jazz fame, and a trailblazer in her own right. Here’s a live video from Gdansk in 2022.
