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LilMikeSFMale half of marred Malian musical duo Amadou & Miriam dead at age 70 .Amadou Bagayoko, a vibrant guitarist who melded traditional African styles with classic rock inspirations from Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin passed this week from cancer complications just before another world tour was due to start next month.The magic merged sounds of the duo were blended with buoyant beats and Bambara vocal interpretations from his blind bride Mariam Doumbia who began performing with him in the early 1980's as a duo.Over the course of their unique career, they travelled the world, and took <a href="https://c.im/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> sensibility and merged it with rock, hip-hop and disco influences, collaborating with artists such as Damon Albarn of Blur, Santigold, and Scissor Sisters in aural arrangements all guided by West African blues and traditional influences.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/05/amadou-bagayoko-of-music-duo-amadou-and-mariam-dies-aged-70" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/05/amadou-bagayoko-of-music-duo-amadou-and-mariam-dies-aged-70</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/amadou-bagayoko-amadou-amp-mariam-dead-obituary-1235311312/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/amadou-bagayoko-amadou-amp-mariam-dead-obituary-1235311312/</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RIP</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Youssou N'dour Lights the World in 2025: [Afropop] Youssou N'Dour is as grand a figure as African music has yet produced. Twenty-five years ago, Folk Roots magazine named him "Artist of the Century," but this was hardly a valedictory. N'Dour has been going strong ever since, touring the world with his band Le Super Etoile, winning Grammy awards, serving as Senegal's Minister of Culture,… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfhv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfhv</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/YoussouNDour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YoussouNDour</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricanMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SenegalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SenegalMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GrammyAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrammyAwards</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Afropop Top Videos, April 2025, Voices of Protest: [Afropop] March was a good month for Afropop videos. We have 12 new ones, starting with three that fearlessly call out the sorry state humans have brought the world to in 2025. Protest is in the air! But there are some peaceful, sweet spots here too from Haiti to Morocco. <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfhs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJxfhs</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VoicesOfProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoicesOfProtest</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/MusicIn2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicIn2025</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricanMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/ProtestSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtestSongs</a>

icasticoKongo Dia Ntotila - 360 degrees Tons of positive energy on this one <a href="https://c.im/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/vinylrecords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vinylrecords</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfroBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfroBeat</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#highlife</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfroPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfroPop</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NowPlaying</a>

RainSMediaRadioICYMI: Joeboy Releases Third Studio Album 'Viva Lavida' Showcasing Artistic Evolution <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-third-studio-album-viva.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-third-studio-album-viva.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VivaLavida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VivaLavida</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMusicFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicRelease</a>

RainSMediaRadioJoeboy Releases Third Studio Album 'Viva Lavida' Showcasing Artistic Evolution <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-third-studio-album-viva.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-third-studio-album-viva.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VivaLavida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VivaLavida</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicRelease</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Field Report - Babel Music Expo 2025: [Afropop] Marseille is the oldest city in France, founded in 600 BC, and is today the third largest city in the country. Situated on the south coast along the Mediterranean Sea, this port city, like all port cities, has welcomed travelers for centuries from the world over, bringing with them their culture, food, and music. This cross-cultural mixing continues… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJp6N3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJp6N3</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BabelMusicExpo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BabelMusicExpo</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/WorldMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marseille</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CulturalExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CulturalExchange</a>

Radio DuivenstraatZaterdag 22-03-2025 23:00 CET, Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F of EWF) is een Amerikaanse muziekgroep. Hun stijl en geluid bestrijken verschillende muziekgenres. Ze behoren tot de best verkopende artiesten aller tijden, met een verkoop van meer dan 90 miljoen platen wereldwijd. Dit liveoptreden werd opgenomen op het North Sea Jazz Festival in 1997 in Den Haag, Nederland. Dank aan Cor Vortman, die me wees op het bestaan van dit concert. <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/pop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pop</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soul</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/funk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funk</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/disco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disco</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concert</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#live</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#latin</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jazz</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#afropop</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Jupiter &amp; Okwess, Everything Must Go: [Afropop] Jupiter Bokondji and his group Okwess have been shaking up our notions about Congolese music since their debut album Hotel Univers dropped in 2013. The band actually formed in Kinshasa in 1990 when Bokondji recruited a team of young musicians to present a broader spectrum of Congo music than we hear in Kinshasa's rumba, soukous, ndombolo, etc. But it took… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJcNg5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJcNg5</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CongoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CongoMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/JupiterBokondji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JupiterBokondji</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Okwess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Okwess</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kinshasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kinshasa</a>

icasticoThis morning's <a href="https://c.im/tags/workout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workout</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> is from two <a href="https://c.im/tags/multiracial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#multiracial</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/crossCultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crossCultural</a> collaborations. First up is The Zawose Queens <a href="https://youtu.be/wL_APH0Wvus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/wL_APH0Wvus</a>Followed by Mei Semones <a href="https://youtu.be/X1avQ0f_b6c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/X1avQ0f_b6c</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Afrobeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BossaNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BossaNova</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DreamPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DreamPop</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WomenInMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInMusic</a>

RainSMediaRadioICYMI: RainSMediaRadio News Joeboy Releases New Single 'Taxi Driver', Announces Release Date for His Third Album <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-new-single-taxi-driver.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-new-single-taxi-driver.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxiDriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxiDriver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VivaLavida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VivaLavida</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMusic</a>

RainSMediaRadioRainSMediaRadio News Joeboy Releases New Single 'Taxi Driver', Announces Release Date for His Third Album <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-new-single-taxi-driver.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-releases-new-single-taxi-driver.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxiDriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxiDriver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VivaLavida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VivaLavida</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NigerianMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NigerianMusic</a>

RainSMediaRadioICYMI: RainSMediaRadio News Joeboy and Olamide Tease Exciting Collaboration, Fans React <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-and-olamide-tease-exciting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-and-olamide-tease-exciting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Olamide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Olamide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NigerianMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NigerianMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collaboration</a>

RainSMediaRadioRainSMediaRadio News Joeboy and Olamide Tease Exciting Collaboration, Fans React <a href="https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-and-olamide-tease-exciting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/joeboy-and-olamide-tease-exciting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> Follow, Like & Share <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joeboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joeboy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Olamide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Olamide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NigerianMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NigerianMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMusic2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMusic2024</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Afropop Top Videos - March 2025: [Afropop] They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. We shall see about that last part, but so far, it's definitely roaring. There's a lot of cultural collision in these six videos, artistic evidence of our increasingly hyphenated world. <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJKsMM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJKsMM</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricaMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricaMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CulturalCollision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CulturalCollision</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/MusicVideos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicVideos</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/March2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#March2025</a>

African Music Forum (AMF)Sauti Sol – Nishike, censored & banned…The video for “Nishike” (Touch me) by Sauti Sol was censored & banned from TV airing in Kenya due to “pornographic content”…<a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-nishike-censored-banned/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-nishike-censored-banned/</a>Could be considered NSFW – What do you think?It’s from album “Live and Die in Afrika”, the third studio album by Kenyan afro-pop band, released in 2015.<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSFW</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/AfroPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfroPop</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Women's History Month Special Programming: [Afropop] Afropop Worldwide is proud to announce a special lineup of programs celebrating the extraordinary contributions of women in global music throughout March 2025 in honor of Women's History Month. <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJHZpf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJHZpf</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomensHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/WomenInMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GlobalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalMusic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CelebrateWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CelebrateWomen</a>

icasticoThis morning's <a href="https://c.im/tags/workout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workout</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> is from two South African groups doing <a href="https://c.im/tags/Afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Afropop</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SoulMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoulMusic</a> First up is Thandiswa Mazwai who goes there old school <a href="https://youtu.be/GR51MWK_o2M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GR51MWK_o2M</a>This is followed by a more modern take from Black Motion who marry traditional percussion with <a href="https://c.im/tags/Beats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beats</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/ElectronicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectronicMusic</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/plMNAPdAyPY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/plMNAPdAyPY</a>

knizerFriday, five-time Grammy-winning Beninese star, Angélique Kidjo, at the <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleTheatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SomervilleTheatre</a>, sold out <a href="https://www.kidjo.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kidjo.com</a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BostonMusic</a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/afropop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#afropop</a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BostonWeekend</a> 7/x

African Music Forum (AMF)Seyi Vibez - Shaolin <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fii73UidV4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fii73UidV4</a>Nigerian StreetPop from EP "Children of Africa"<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Electro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Electro</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nigeria</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/AfroPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfroPop</a>

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