Markus James - Snakeskin Violin (2008)

2015-08-19T18:47:39Z

Markus James - Snakeskin Violin (2008)


1. I Won't Let It - 3:58
2. Lonely Mile - 2:24
3. Are You Ready (Mississippi Daze) - 3:38
4. Exile Tracks - 4:04
5. So Much Soul - 4:27
6. All That You Can't Keep - 4:20
7. Weather Vane - 3:35
8. O.M. Boogie - 2:40
9. Ambience - 0:55
10. Drivin By - 3:46
11. Sundown Pearl (Snakeskin Violin Pt 1) - 3:38
12. X-ray Soul (Hard to Find Pt 1) - 2:49
13. Heatin Up Now - 4:25
14. Mystified - 3:07
15. Soon - 2:35

Markus James -  Calabash, Composer, Drum, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Producer, Vocals
Baba Arby - Calabash
Amadou Camara - Clapping
Bolokada Conde - Vocals
Kinney Kimbrough - Drums
Hamma Sankare - Calabash
Mama Sissoko - Ngoni
Zoumana Tereta - Vocals
Vieux Farka Touré - Guitar

Markus James has been recording and performing original, Blues-based music with traditional Malian musicians since 1994, when he first made his way to the village of Niafounke, home of the legendary Sonrai musician Ali Farka Toure. Markus' critically acclaimed Mali-based albums have been warmly received in the US, Europe and Mali, and he was honored to have a track included in the UK compilation "Sahara- Blues of the Desert", alongside such great artists as Ali Farka Toure, Baaba Maal, Yousou N'Dour and Tinariwen. Markus' long-term collaborations in Timbuktu with 3 Malian master musicians is the subject of the award-winning documentary film "Timbuktoubab" ("Excellent" - Global Rhythm), seen on many PBS stations throughout the US.

Markus has performed at the Festival In The Desert 3 times, and in 2007, was invited to perform at the series of Jamal Poi tribute concerts for his friend and inspiration, Ali Farka Toure, in Bamako and Niafounke, which were broadcast on Malian national television.

The UK's fROOTS Magazine called Markus "the unofficial dean of this movement" of up and coming US roots musicians whose focus is the African source.

Markus' new album "Snakeskin Violin" is a kaleidiscopic journey in which fellow travelers appear and vanish, and features collaborations with trance groove Wassoulou hunters in Bamako, a shaman in Timbuktu, old-school drummers in Como, Mississippi, traveling Tamasheks in California, and African Diaspora musicians in the US. ---cdbaby.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

uploaded yandex 4shared mega mediafire zalivalka cloudmailru oboom uplea

back

Markus James - Where You Wanna Be (2001)

2014-05-09T16:03:20Z

Markus James - Where You Wanna Be (2001)


1. Desert Flower - 4:24
2. Where You Wanna Be - 3:37
3. Way To Go - 4:52
4. In The Sun - 3:59
5. Cross The River - 3:27
6. Some Things(You Never Shake) - 6:00
7. Sunlight And Zero - 3:35
8. Oh My - 3:29
9. Endless - 3:40

Markus James - Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Tamboura, Vocals
Sam Amidon - Violin

Markus James is originally from Virginia and the DC area, where his first musical memory, from the age of four, is of a blind blues singer he saw many times playing on a sidewalk. Markus first encountered West African stringed music at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival when he was mesmerized by the Gambian Kora player and singer, Alhaji Bai Konte. After playing in various rock and R&B groups, Markus moved to the SF Bay Area where he pursued his interests in African, Indian, and Gamelan music, while also writing and recording original music in various rock styles. He travelled in West Africa and also Haiti, studying traditional ensemble drumming, before first visiting Mali in 1994, when he made his way to the village of Niafounke to meet Ali Farka Toure. It was then that he first recorded with Wassoulou musician Solo Sidibe, and this became the "where you wanna be" album, released 6 years later. He has produced several programs for PRI's Afropop Worldwide, notably "Ali Farka Toure: Live From Niafounke". Markus has returned to Mali many times, where he has written and recorded blues-influenced music with traditional Malian musicians, notably his 2002 release "nightbird", which has been warmly received by critics in the US and Europe.

His collaborations in Timbuktu with Hamma Sankare (Calabash player on Ali Farka Toure's tours and albums), Hassi Sare (master of the one-stringed Njarka violin), and Solo Sidibe (who plays the Kamele N'Goni, the hunter's harp of the Wassoulou people) are the subject of the documentary film and upcoming CD / DVD release "Timbuktoubab". This group has performed at the Festival In The Desert in 2003 and 2004, as well as in Timbuktu and other towns and villages in Northern Mali.

In the US, Markus tours with a group featuring Wassoulou musician Mamadou Sidibe. They have performed on numerous radio shows, including PRI / BBC's "The World", at festivals, and in clubs, and have an album due in early 2005. ---cdbaby.com

download: uploaded yandex 4shared mediafire solidfiles mega zalivalka filecloudio anonfiles oboom

back