Pinning down Maga Bo is tough. Not just musically: the man seems to constantly be on the go, making beats and laying vocals anywhere between Senegal and his hometown, Rio de Janeiro. The tracks featured on this mixtape reflect his geographic and sonic range, as Bo puts it:
“100% Maga Bo production with help from some very special friends – Jahdan Blakkamoore (Brooklyn), BNegão (Rio de Janeiro), Ghislain Poirier (Montreal), Filastine (Barcelona), Pacheko (Caracas), Fletcher (Cape Town), Dr. Das (London), Matona (Zanzibar), Abena Koomson (NYC), Teba (Cape Town), Xuman (Dakar), Speed Freaks (Rio de Janeiro) and too many more to try and list (you haven’t been forgotten!!!)…..”
If you place the cursor right under the T in Terras above the player below (14 min in), you’ll hear a sneak peek of a remix Maga Bo did for us… Aunty Adoley, more about that soon!!
Loads of sounds coming through New York this SUnday January 10. Here’s the line-up:
– Alif Naaba, West African acoustic song (Burkina Faso)
– Cara Dillon, striking Celtic vocalist (Ireland)
– Caravan Palace, swingin’ electro manouche jazz (France)
–Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Creole Zydeco heir from Louisiana (USA)
– Federico Aubele, bolero and cumbia meets electro downtempo (Argentina/USA)
– François Ladrezo & Alka Omeka, Gwo-ka master (Guadeloupe)
– La Cumbiamba eNeYé, music from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Colombia (Colombia/USA)
– La Excelencia, old-school salsa dura revivalists (USA)
– Meta and the Cornerstones, African roots reggae export (Senegal/USA)
– Namgar, Siberian shaman rock from the Central Asian steppes (Russia)
– Nguyên Lê’s Saiyuki, acclaimed French-Vietnamese guitarist leads a Pan-Asian jazz trio
(Vietnam/Japan/India/France)
– Nightlosers, Transylvanian blues-rock/Gypsy chameleons (Romania)
