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What are you listening to? A music discussion of the music you are enjoying lately.

I just listened to some very beautiful music from Mali on Link TV's World Music program. I can't figure out who it was by or where to buy it though.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Jean on March 17, 2009 at 10:54pm

Just the other day my brother who is a clarinet player in the Bay Area told me this story. His group sometimes performs for folks in rest homes. Recently, after they played "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)"...a la Benny Goodman, many of the advanced Alzheimer's patients had tears flowing from their eyes. After our conversation I went to Youtube to listen to the "miracle song" as my knowledge of the Big Band era is woefully limited. So taken with it, I decided I just had to share it with my 14 year old. He said "Oh yeah, Mom, everyone knows that song! It's great!"....
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And for Afro Beat...I encourage our listeners to check out Chiwoniso. She is absolutely captivating.