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Tuesday’s DJ pick was chosen for us by Mannasseh Phiri of JOY-FM in Lusaka, Zambia. The CD is called “Brothers in Bamako” and is by blues singer Eric Bibb and Malian guitarist Habib Koité.
I want to share with you the music of Eric Bibb, an American-born acoustic blues singer who now lives in Europe,and Habib Koité, a Malian-based acoustic guitarist.
Together they have an album called ‘Brothers in Bamako.’
Habib Koité is one of Africa’s most exciting performers.
Here’s the tune ‘Touma Ni Kelen’ and the African-American spiritual’Needed Time.’