Rule 3. "Videos may contain AI or CGI imagery, but no AI-generated music is permitted. Posts will be removed and multiple violations will result in a permaban.'

Thanks for your help with this.

RIP Manu Dibango, legend of African funk/jazz, victim of Covid :( Thank you for the Music 🎷 Manu Dibango - Pata Pata

I like the classic rock band setup, guitar bass, piano, drums, and maybe horns. However, I feel like I've run out of bands to discover. Give me your top 3 favorite bands and their best album, if they have one in your opinion.

I want to ask out loud - this is not a poll.

My personal opinion is that we reserve World Music for human musicians and human musical art.

I will put up a rule in a heartbeat but you weighing in on this will be the deciding factor.

Have a good day

I'm looking for recommendations of music from different cultures outside the Western musical tradition.

I've really enjoyed discovering Ethiopian jazz, especially the way it uses the different pentatonic scales found in Ethiopian music. I’ve really enjoyed the pleasure of discovering how different musical traditions approach melody, harmony, rhythm and musical structure in their own ways.

I'm particularly interested in traditions where I can learn something about how the music works, rather than just finding music that sounds different from what I'm used to.

It could be anything: traditional music, contemporary music rooted in a particular tradition, unusual rhythmic systems, different tuning systems, modes/scales, approaches to improvisation, etc.

What music or musical traditions have made you think differently about music?

I'd love to discover things from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, or anywhere else!

Im not saying its completely Unrecognised but i feel like it deserves more recognition then it has.

So im not actually Zimbabwean.. Im Kenyan and I got into sungura music when I was 15 /16.. im 20 now and the only people ive met who actually know sungura music are obviously Zimbabweans themselves, Mozambicans, Malawians and Zambians but Apart from that most people ive met who arent from those countries have no idea about it. Sometimes i used to think the reason why it doesnt get as much recognition as Congolese music is because Some ignorant congolese people think they're the only african country with good guitar music or convinced everyone that "Zimbabweans just copied congolese Rumba" When Copying and being influenced are two different things. I first listened to congolese soukouss at 14 and I love it then I got into sungura music. I love both but I slightly prefer sungura cause i listen to sungura more. I do think sometimes they sound similar but because ive listened to both sungura and sokouss for quite a while I can spot the differences and they end up not sounding that alike. but anyways all im saying is i hope it gets way more recognition then it already has.

The first sungura artist i listened to was John chibadura. then i got into Leonard Dembo, System Tazvida, Alick Macheso, Tongai Moyo etc

Here is the first song by John chibadura that I listsned to titled Mukadzi wamakandiroorera:
https://youtu.be/dNTLkWr-lII?si=JT41RliOJB3zQHZQ

i posted this on the Zimbabwe sub reddit but I wanted to post this here as well ❤️♥️

30 years too late... He is the first African to receive this award.