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Welcome to Kemet Music Radio , an internet radio enterprise that places an emphasis on African music that uses traditional wind, string, xylophone & percussion instruments from Africa and African musicians from around the world.Here you’ll find music for that is also inspirational and spiritual uplifting. I guess you could define it as African Traditional Instrument Music with a modern twist, that is, we're trying to bridge the gap between the old traditions and modern times.
We’ve got music from Nubian musicians from Egypt and Sudan like Hamza El Din, Ali Hassan Kuban, Mahmoud Fadl, Abdel Gadir Salim, Salma Al Assal and Wafir from , West African griots like Ali Farka Toure and West African Kora masters like Ballake Sissoko,Toumani Diabate and Alhaji Bai Konte as well as artists like Antoine Moundanda, Mahmoud Ahmet, Faytinga, Amampondo, Nahawa Doumbia and many others. We feature stringed instruments such as the krar, kora, and oud as well as the njarka (one stringed fiddle)and other instruments like the balafon (a type of xylophone), the mbani,likembé,m'bira & kalimba(thumb pianos) and drums like the djembe and sabar. These instruments often have important religious, cultural and even healing significance within their respective communities. Our playlist also regularly features music from South America like Yoruba and Santeria music. We will also be adding Capoeira music from Brazil and Steel Pan music from the Caribbean in the near future.
Our playlists fall into 4 basic categories. Traditional, Eclectic, Urban & Drums. Traditional (traditional instruments/style) and Eclectic playlists, are where the you'll hear a sample of the other three playlists - the music of old empires. The songs in these playlists generally have no electronic instruments eg. electric guitar. The Urban playlists contain songs that use traditional instruments/styles that although traditional, sound modern or they are accompanied with modern instruments like the guitar or electric bass.For example M'balax music, which uses the Kora (21 stringed harp) and the Sabar (drum) with electric instruments like the guitar and bass or the collaboration of Maleem Mahmoud Ghania who plays the guimbri and Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) where the music is traditional and 'unplugged'and accompanied with the modern saxaphone. In this genre we try to select songs that mainly use traditional instruments as one of the main or focal instruments of the song. The Drum playlist is exactly what is says....Traditional Drums (sometimes with accompanying flutes, mbiras, etc.) from Africa, South America & the Caribbean. Many of the songs come from important religious ceremonies .
These songs were specially hand-picked to ensure maximum listening pleasure and compatibility with modern musical tastes. Our goal is to present a viewpoint of an authentic global sound with n truly African focus. Immerse yourself in the spiritually uplifting songs of Africa’s musical traditions.
Please visit The Blog for Kemet Music Radio to read articles on the musicians, the music, and to see what's new.