Some Great World Music for you

I've been listening to a lot of Paris based Radio Nova lately: http://www.novaplanet.com/ (easier to navigate if you know French) which plays a ton of awesome world music mixed with some indie essentials and everything else that too hip to be hipsters love.

Anyway, they introduced me to Amadou and Mariam a BLIND musical duo from Mali. This introduction was not fully appreciated until a Friend who saw them at Montreal Music Festival "Osheaga" told me I had to listen to them again. He was right, they are awesome. Check out some songs below:

and for good measure, a Miike Snow Remix:

Joey Bada$$

Joey Bada$$ uses old school beats to match his old school flow. He's 17. He's from Brooklyn, he seems wise beyond his years. He's got beats produced by Hip Hop legends MF DOOM and J Dilla. All this means that he's gonna be big. Give it time.

"It's been a minute since they've seen style with no gimmicks"

Listen to "World Domination" and "Waves" first.

Tourist-- too good

Placid Acid is freakin addicting.

Ms Mr

I first heard about these guys when they released an excellent mix- 

and introduced me to Alt-J.

Now they just released this super catchy song on Yours Truly. Something about this reminds me of something that would win a Grammy. I dunno why.  There's a little Alanis Morissette in there I think

http://vimeo.com/45383151

Debo Band

Excellent Ethiopian influenced jazz/funk. Can't get enough of "And Lay" and the rest of it. I love Subpop records, they keep putting out music I love.

ALT J An Awesome Wave

Listen to Tessellate and Breezeblocks especially.



An Awesome Wave

G. Love and The Avett Brothers

Back in the Seventh Grade, that awkward time when you really don't have much about yourself pinned down , I had older brothers who got me into G. Love and Special Sauce. They were my favorite band at the time. I loved G. Love's mixture of blues, jam and hip hop. It was very eclectic but fun and easy at the same time. My music taste has evolved since those times when I was trying to find myself (not saying I've found myself yet) and I haven't stayed up on G. Love and his music.

Well I almost messed up and let this one slip through the cracks. G. Love's album "Fixing to Die" featuring and produced by The Avett Brothers is really something special. It's "rootsy" and bluesy. It is a mix of blue grass, blues and folk. Although the Avett Brothers clearly make their mark on the album, see "Walk On", this is definitely a G. Love album, and it is exactly what I wanted.

This is the quintessential title blues track "Fixin to die"

This is the bluegrassy "walk on."  Optimistic lyrics too.

 This classic G. Love, with the rapping and whatnot,  but it seems more polished and complete.

Here he is covering Paul Simon.