Category Archives: Music

Sinkane – Favorite Song… heard this on Air France on way to and back from Burkina…. ya zool, ya zein…

Posted on September 30, 2017 by mkevane
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Listening to LCD Soundsystem’s new song, “American dream” and reading Garth Greenwell’s “An Evening Out” in The New Yorker

Posted on August 22, 2017 by mkevane

Let’s just say that in my opinion they are a perfect pairing.  If you like your New York global-cosmo gay scene nostalgic, melancholy, aging, incredibly perceptive, excellent writing and music…  It is the 2017 version of the 1970s Manuel Puig … Continue reading →

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Panda Bear – Boys Latin

Posted on August 1, 2017 by mkevane
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Dicko Fils Feat Floby – Anani Na – Burkina Faso #lwili

Posted on June 30, 2017 by mkevane
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Feist – A Man Is Not His Song

Posted on June 21, 2017 by mkevane
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Mama, let your babies grow up listening to Kofi Kinaata… and get some empathy

Posted on June 13, 2017 by mkevane
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Michael Nyman – Water Dances – II. Stroking

Posted on June 4, 2017 by mkevane
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Kendrick Lamar – Duckworth

Posted on May 19, 2017 by mkevane

Heard this on NPR All Songs Considered.  Worth a listen.

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I loved this piece when I was 20, I still have the 7″ by Les Disques du Crepuscule: “In re don Giovanni” by Michael Nyman

Posted on February 22, 2017 by mkevane
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Why can’t I listen to Sigur Ros The Nothing Song for more than two hours? Why didn’t they play it for ten hours?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by mkevane
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From Air France music, Postaal

Posted on December 14, 2016 by mkevane

The sample is from “Golden” by Jill Scott.

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Learn rhumba guitar and lingala at the same time!

Posted on October 27, 2016 by mkevane
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Oliver Mutukudzi’s song Todii

Posted on October 21, 2016 by mkevane

Oliver Mutukudzi’s song Todii is one of the saddest but most beautiful songs to emerge out of the Southern African music scene.   Worth a listen; here he is at Tiny Desk concert at NPR performing a quiet acoustic version. When … Continue reading →

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Friday music: Kurt Wagner of Lambchop on drugs

Posted on October 7, 2016 by mkevane
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Best music for driving at night on H 5 Los Angeles to San Jose: Bon Iver 22 (OVER S∞∞N)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by mkevane
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Emily Wolfe… honest profile

Posted on July 27, 2016 by mkevane
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Emily Wolfe in San Francisco Tuesday August 3, Bottom of the Hill

Posted on July 27, 2016 by mkevane
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Michael Nyman – Water Dances

Posted on March 18, 2016 by mkevane
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Some losses get hidden in the crisis in Burkina Faso” Victor Démé passed away

Posted on September 22, 2015 by mkevane

L’artiste musicien Victor Démé est décédé ce lundi matin à Bobo-Dioulasso des suites d’une courte maladie. Source: leFaso.net, l’actualité au Burkina Faso – L’information en temps réel du Burkina, Médias, journaux, infos, direct, les dernières nouvelles, politiques.

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Shangaan Electro from South Africa

Posted on September 18, 2015 by mkevane
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