A artist who seems to be vastly unknown by the name of Rafter and his track entitled Fruit. The video below is not the original version Lee played. That can be found on Rafter's MySpace page music player. But this custom mix of the song along with this awesome video made by artist, Dax Norman., is great.
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This is a serious live jam session! One of my favorites, Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu “GiGi” Shibawbaw is not only a solo artist, she is like Phil Collins or Sting, for she is also part of a group known as Tabla Beat Science.
The video below is a live show with the GiGi and the band. Whilst GiGi was once labeled the best obscure artist of 2001 by NY Times music critic, as we enter 2011 she is much less obscure, thanks to Palm Pictures which has released much of her material and YouTube which has made it more accessible.
Music Television is proud to present this unique music video by Sharron Van Etten, a organic pop artist signed to the indie label known as Language of Stone. The music video is to her song titled For You from her first album titled Because I Was in Love. The video was directed by Michael Palmieri.
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*The Indies Network and MusicTelevision.Com is sad to report that Issa Bogayogo passed away on October 10, 2016, almost six years since we originally created this post.
The video below was made by a big fan of Issa Bogayogo whose YouTube handle is GuestFromTheWest. His story of why and how he made this video is below the video along with the meaning and Malian to English translation of the lyrics.
The song is titled Toroya and is track #5 from Issa's album titled Timbuktu, released by Six Degrees Records in 2002.
Guest From The West's Story on the why and how he made the video:
I was searching for a video to the song "Toroya" by Issa Bagayogo but couldn't find any. Therefore I sat down and after a complete night of fighting with Windows Movie Maker and a poor laptop I managed to get this together for all of you out there who like his music. Nothing special, just nice pictures of Africa. I often go home by bike in the night after being in town and lately I've been putting on this song a lot while doing so. It's almost magic how the darkness around you can change just due to this song and how calm and relaxed one can feel. A big thanks goes out to you Issa for making all this beautiful music. When you're in my town show me up for a drink or two. My treat! ;) If you like this song and/or want to support Issa go to his website which I added at the end of the video. I finally stumbled over the lyrics and the meaning of Toroya. Toroya apparently means "suffering" in the Malian language and following is the English translation of the song itself.
The Malian to English Lyrics for Toroya
Toroya = Suffering
You only get out what you put in, only work frees a person, So, it is worth paying tribute, to Malian artists, to Malian youths, to Malian women, to Malian men who strive to improve their living condition You only get out what you put in, Work takes away from us vice, need and worries You only get out what you put in, let's pay tribute, to the youths of Wassoulou, to the youths of Karadougou, to the youths of Briko, to the youths of Ganadougou You only get out what you put in, welcome Moussa Koné, welcome my charming guitarist Boua, welcome Sidibé Mamou, welcome Issa from Korin A restless worker is always rewarded, you only get out what you put in, the sun shines again after the rain
