With music from West Africa; Turkey-Greece and Brittany.
Modou Touré & Ramin Goose.
A British guitar player and a Senegalese singer in a unique collaboration which surprisingly turned out all right. All song are written and arranged by Modou Touré and Ramon Goose and are sung in Wolof, Mandinka and French. The lyrics are remarkable – in the title Western Comfort, Africans are for example warned not to forget that the important things of life can be found in Africa, and not in the “comfortable” West. Modou Touré is the son of Ousmane Touré, who achieved world fame with his band Touré Kunda. Ramon Goose worked together with among others kora-virtuoso Diabel Cissokho and Mississippi Delta bluesman Boo Boo Davis. CD. The West African Blues Project by Modou Touré & Ramin Goose. Label: Arc Music (2015), code: EUCD2591. Video
Dü-Şems Ensemble.
Music from Turkey & Greece, played by the Dü-Şems Ensemble, is a lively and divers album with traditional music and dance from Greece and Turkey, largely arranged by Osman Kirklikçi (one of the members of the ensemble). The Ensemble is founded in 2010 in Istanbul, with the intention to present the traditional Turkish music to an international audience and working together with traditional musicians from countries like Greece, Iran, Syria, and the Balkans. CD. Music from Turkey & Greece by the Dü-Şems Ensemble. Label: Arc Music (2015). Video
Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil.
The Astrakan Project B started as a duo project by Simone Alves (vocals) and Yann Gourvil (stringed instruments), both not Breton, but intensly living in the Breton culture. They have lived for several years in Istanbul, that’s why there are Middle-Eastern sounds and instruments in their performances. Astrakan project B is where old Breton legends magically merge with soulful and dark rock energy. CD. Astrakan Project B by Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil. Label: Astrakan (Karga 44 / 8712618001349). Distribution NL: Xango Music. Video
