and xenophobia

noises from everyday life

We are in February

And I mean “play” in the childish sense

Louise broadens beyond folk forms on her latest

ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP Power Violence and xenophobiaAssiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff is the sprawling drum collective tearing up Dakar's nightlife scene. Senegalese poet Djiby Ly (Wau Wau Collectif) is backed by fourteen different percussive instruments plus horns, winds, balafon, and the occasional accordion, combining Count Ossie's spiritually elevated polyrhythms with Fela Kuti's orchestra and Tony Allen's groove. Based in the impoverished neighborhood of Grand Yoff and operating as a mutual aid