The African Roots of the Blues. Part 1

[@jackrabbit6966]

once upon a time, a long time ago, I was child and lived next to the Mississippi river and heard blues music there. There is something familiar here, listening to this.

[@painfield]

Check out the 'Throw down your heart' documentary by Bèla Fleck about the banjo and Africa.

[@zyruemusic]

Sounds like the Temptations with "Runaway child running wild" in the beginning of the song!! This is GREAT!!!

[@atwech]

Now i think i can sing....did anybody listen to the lyrics to that song....eeh eh eh eh eh ...so simple....one love

[@chinchincherere]

Dude that is amazing..thanks for upload

[@fbahrami]

and of "Bandari", the Afro-Arab Persian Gulf music, which in it's "modernized" form rules dance floors from Los Angeles to Tehran.

[@juanfdezgcia]

Blues... not so sure, but it does remind me of a Berimbau, which is an instrument used in Brazil, e.g. for accompanying the Capoeira (an hybrid between martial art and dance)

[@fuzzmonsterrecords]

YES PLEASE

[@oparasatauwaya]

It's called a kolgo. Loads more kolgo music if you type in "frafra music"

[@porousorificePilot]

@gazzi22 whole lot of love!

[@africanbushdoctor]

I have some more from Ghana that I shot as well as some one string that I shot while doing research in Mississippi. If your interested let me know.
Respect

[@writerrad]

The one string instrument in Mississiippi is a descendant of mouth bows and other bows not spiked lutes like this

[@fbahrami]

Hi! Yes, I'm saying that "bandari" (as Persians call it) or "kheliji" (as Arabs call it) is influenced by Arabic and African music. Thanks.

[@lilrog0909]

I wouldn't doubt you know who probably stole this!

[@beetz15s]

That is like saying Reggae is a uniquely Jamaican art form. Reggae came from roots music, Nyabinghi from Ethiopia.

[@adeart7]

what's the name of the tribe? they are not akan

[@MrFiremarshall007]

Even Mozart?

[@PatsBooks]

I am going to have to disagree with you here. Blues is a uniquely African American art form.