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The International Negresse Strikes Again–World Music Quest

The International Negresse Strikes Again–World Music Quest

Jun 5th, in International Traveling, by

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Author : Tanisha Shulamit

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When I was younger, I was lucky enough to come of age in a time where ethnicity did not play a big part in musical society–everywhere else, yes–but the 80s was a time of the great cross over. British super stars was kicking our asses on the rock front and we had soulful singers such as Lisa Stansfield, Teena Marie and Rick Astley invading our air waves. Introducing us the non-BP that had soul across the globe. Then there was J, the Japanese hip hop dance troupe that was all over the telly showing us that our culture was loved all over the world. And the Hawaiian family group The Jets. And we won’t even start on the mega fame of Michael Jackson.

It was because of these times, that I was able to explore world music. My first out of the box world music star was Celtic Singer Enya. I would walk around the house singing in Gaelic and my family had thought I had lost my mind. They were like “You really think you are white don’t you?” No, not really, I just had an international soul, I operated on a higher frequency that did not place me in an “ethnic” box. I was too big for that. Then Sade and Selena played a big role in my love of world music.

Since then, I have traveled the world and have discovered even more international talents that I want to share with you all. The world is so big, much bigger than the trivial ethnic and inter-ethnic battles that we have on a daily basis and honestly I truly believe it is music that brings us all together. What is it about music, even when you do not understand what they are saying that touches the soul in a way that mere words cannot? What are some of your favorite international musicians?

Enya:Ireland

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnlnobPoRI0]

Giorgia: Italy

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjXraknQbo]

Les Nubians: France and Africa

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tA9OJ7Ziws]

Zap Mama: France and Africa

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxkbipVwZv4]

Lianne La Havas: England

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f845_v41YFo]

Adele: England

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9Fzwuf43c&w=560&h=315]

Paolo Nutini: Scotland

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1eEC4foVtI]

Abita Rodriguez: Cuba

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZLzvll_ZAo]

Céu: Brazil

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVyXK7UxktM]

Maria Rita: Brazil

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0d6Xzb9SIg]

Gotan Project: France and Argentina

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbh-jn8V54c]

Malika Ayane: Italy and Morocco

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad0k2hvMzKM]

Amir Diab: Egypt

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOMAUH4fvc]

Ida Corr: Denmark

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d55HohHua8I]

Ofrah Haza: Israel

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnzTTYk7_Q]

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Seenyc 785 pts

Ahhhh, this post spoke to my intrtnational music loving soul! I was loving just about evrything coming out of England in the 80's. I was a huge Duran Duran fan and my dad took me to see them when I was fifteen. I realized how much my dad loves me because that was so not his type of music, LOL! I got to see Lisa Stansfield in concert here in NYC at the Roxy in 1990.I heard Luis Miguel(Mexican) sing a duet with Sheena Easton in 1985 and when my family moved to San Diego, California  eight months later I found a movie sound track record( this was the last days of vinyl) that he sang on and I have been a fan of his ever since!  Some one I work with intoduced me to Lian Foley(French) and Snook(Swedish) was a suggestion from a local on a Swedish tourism site. Lord I can go on and on. I so love music. I'm writting down everything suggested here to check out and incorporate into my already huge music collection! Thank you!

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Toni_M 18789 pts moderator

I mentioned him in my recent post, but I've just come across and really like Andalusian flamenco singer, Canelita. Here are some of my favorite songs of his:

 

Vuelvo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZrXK642wQ

Lola: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caR0Cgn76vs

A Quien Le Voy A Contar Mis Pesas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK0cR0PkQWQ

El Sol, La Sal, El Son: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvVc9mO_08

 

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Nonya 210 pts

LOVE this post!  Know and like Les Nubians, Enya, Amir Diab, Adele, Tinariwen and excited to discover the unknown ones listed here.  Lately for me...

 

No list is complete without some Nigerian music:

Nneka - Soul is Heavy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkDgnVJa7SU

Black Magic - Rainbow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoX8NxDq9Sg

DJ Zeez - Fokasibe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXEdPH4vpk0

2Face - Implication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPIFTR3LVm4

Fela Kuti - Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoAI8IrGpKk

 

Aussie: 

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY

 

Canuck:

(5 ppl playing ONE guitar, *viewed 117million times) Walk off the Earth's rendition of Gotye's song:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

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ForeverSerenity 339 pts

Loved this! Sharing on my tweets & fb!

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mspbody 114 pts

I have been a fan of Ofra Haza since 1992!!! Love your list!!!

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ivanperonaamo 195 pts

Thank you for making this post. I've been loving World music for many years. Here are some suggestions of Spanish artists:

A catalan singer I love very much:

Lídia Pujol - Begging the Waves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8h8c3hfoD8

 

Two guinean singers:

Hijas del Sol - Kokodico:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYk8juTWWIA

 

Stupendams - Arbol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frf84n-ueoo

 

Who said there's no celtic music in Spain?

Carlos Núñez - El pozo de Arán:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFoBehDlVU

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Lady M 160 pts

I am in love with Enya, especially when she sings "Ebudae". A Day without Rain CD is what I use to go to sleep...it works!

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ivanperonaamo 195 pts

 Lady M I love Blue Caribbean.

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 Lady M Caribbean Blue is the bees knees! and my fave

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MZ Elf 2660 pts

I can't wait to go through these suggestions and the comments. I have pretty much always listened to world music but with the inntenetz, social media, downloadable music, Pandora, youtube and much more, the options and access has expanded. I have always loved Enya, Basia and smooth music like that in addition to more upbeat tunes.  African House Music mixes are one of my favs too. I do a ton of Indian music and get most of my leads off of smashits.com and pick from movies I have seen and plug it into Pandora. I also set up a few playlists at playlist.com with my finds in the world music genre.

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AnInterestedObserver 1029 pts

Les Nubians, Sade, lady Saw, Estelle. I love hearing music from sistas all over the African diaspora!

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 AnInterestedObserver I LOVE Estelle. I met her in person one day when I was working at M.A.C. She is soo sweet and cool..

 

http://youtu.be/Ic5vxw3eijY

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AnInterestedObserver 1029 pts

 Shulamit 

 

Yeah she is cool, and so beautiful too. An aside, I tend to look kindly on the world music fanbase because they seem to be very open to Black female singers. Whitney & Donna (RIP), Janet, Beyonce, Tina Turner, Erykah Badu, and many other sistas are all international superstars!

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grrlysquirrel75 1121 pts

 AnInterestedObserver Shulamit Your comment about the world music fanbase reminded me of one of my Twitter friends that is from Norway. During the winter she mentioned that she and her husband like to sit by the fire at night and listen to Mahalia Jackson. Now most Black folks would find it odd that two White Norwegians would love them some Mahalia, but music fans around the world are much more open to music from all other countries, especially Black music. Remember the movie "The Commitments"? I never saw it, but I know those Irish people loved American soul music.

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AnInterestedObserver 1029 pts

 grrlysquirrel75  Shulamit 

 

No nothing odd about it all, and that is a perfect example of what I was taling about.I feel Black female singers/musicians are more appreciated outside of the USA to be perfectly honest.

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KingsDaughter 4631 pts

 grrlysquirrel75 There's a reason why they call them Black Irish ;)

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 wanderingdreamer  KingsDaughter  grrlysquirrel75  RE: Black Irish.... bwahahaha.. I always call myself that even though I know that is not what that term means :-)

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Lady M 160 pts

 AnInterestedObserver  grrlysquirrel75  Shulamit 

Agreed!

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ElfeV 7085 pts

 

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Wow I love music from around the world and not the watered down versions but the true sounds that you would hear in people's homes. Sometimes radio dumbs down ethnic music. Take salsa for instance, there are over hundreds of latin countries and they all have their own music not just salsa. I used to pick 1 or 2 countries a year and purchase tapes of those countries music not just the radio friendly but the obscure and hard to find styles as well. I had to slow down when CD's took over because of the cost. I usually buy foreign music and not too much popular music.

Thanks for this post.

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Shulamit 1982 pts

waking up to the fabulous Enya.. :-)

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Alsu, Yousou NDour, Coldplay, Queen, Tarkan,Sugababes, Keane, Dima Bilan,Mana, Camila, Carlos Vives, Juanes, Spandau Ballet, Sade and others. These are the int'l artists I listen to the most.

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KingsDaughter 4631 pts

Too many  to mention but here are a couple that come to mind:

 

Idan Raichel Project (Israel) is awesome. I love the Ethiopian connection in their music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAJODuLLstY

 

Zahara (south Africa) is in a league of her own right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHuWNNsPWXo

 

Oliver Mtukudzi (an absolute LEGEND): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhXGyer-cIg

 

Cesaria Evora (rest in peace)

 

Dobet Gnahore( Ivory Coast) is in a league of her own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeGxn8v00g&feature=related

 

Salif Keita (another LEGEND of course): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXYgCf24z5M

 

Gypsy Kings (anything really)

 

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Shulamit 1982 pts

So some peeps took issue with my use of Negresse. In which if they do not like the term maybe perhaps they shouldn't  like the term black? Which is what Negresse, Negro, Negrita means in other languages.. Just an observation.

 

Now on to something more entertaining...

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Dandelion100 581 pts

 Shulamit 

I dated a Mexican guy and his mom always called me negrita. I always thought of it as a derogatory term. And I know his mom didn't like me, lol.

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 Dandelion100 a mexican? prolly.. but my friends from panama, DR, PR and Brazil use it as a term of endearment. I guess its all about from the place it comes from because "little black girl" could be derogatory from the right lips...

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FriendsofJay 1824 pts

 Dandelion100 The word "Negresse" bothered me a little too.    When someone said it when I was in high school and college, it was said harshly and offensively and meant to be hurtful.  Maybe its just me.  Being older I remember the pain it caused black friends.  I don't so much compare the word to "Black" as I think of the word as a softer extension of the "N" word.  Someone pointed out that it reminded him of the word "Jewess," which I can assure you is considered offensive to Jewish girls.  Odd that we don't have a derogatory word of a white girl, only a girl whose race we don't like.  "Whitey" can be a man or a woman.  Maybe there is one and I just don't know it.

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ElfeV 7085 pts

 FriendsofJay  Dandelion100 "Maybe there is one and I just don't know it."

 

A lot of ppl use 'Becky' online but I haven't actually heard it IRL.

 

& btw: Elfe = ForestElfQueen... I just shortened it. lolz

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AnInterestedObserver 1029 pts

 FriendsofJay 

 

Yes, very interesting how there is no gender-specific slur for White females. should tell you something. SMH.

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FriendsofJay 1824 pts

 AnInterestedObserver Yes it certainly does tell me something!  But I guess the largest segment of the population in the U.S. is white and therefore it would be ill-advised for a smaller segment to have an offensive term specifically for WW.  But I'm told the demographics of the country will soon put us Anglo-Saxon in the minority in about twenty years or so.  Then we can all be minorities. I think that would be a positive for the country and race relations.  But then again, if there were only two people left on earth they'd probably find something to fight about.

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Brice Cameron 2066 pts

I don't see the comments about the word.  Did they get deleted?  I almost left a comment, but I decided not to go off topic.  That word always bugged me.  I wondered if I was the only one.  I can't exactly place my finger on why it bothers me.  But I can't think of any equivalent term for other women of different races.  An Asian woman is just an Asian woman.  A European woman is a European woman.  But a female tiger is a tigress.  A female chicken is a hen, etc.  I think that might be the reason.  Using different words for females is more commonly done with animals.

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ElfeV 7085 pts

 Shulamit " ...use of Negresse. In which if they do not like the term maybe perhaps they shouldn't  like the term black? Which is what Negresse, Negro, Negrita means in other languages.. Just an observation."

 

agreed! & negress reminds me of jewess. lolz ^.^

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Brenda55 19324 pts moderator

 Shulamit I did not see the posts in question so if it disappeared it were not I who took it out. Maybe the person having the issue thought better of it and deleted their post. 

 

Looking around the net for definitions of the word I found that was and sometimes is used in an offensive manner to describe black women. It does not rise to the level of dropping the N bomb however. The key word here is sometimes.

 

If there was an issue with the use of that word in this space however ....I mean really. We know that the person who used it was not being offensive in fact they were using it to describe themselves.

 

I have to say that I was surprised to see that some find it offensive. Shulamit makes a good point at one time each other words she listed was seen as offensive. We have moved on from that which is a good thing.  Now back to our discussion. 

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MixedUpInVegas 1644 pts

 Shulamit

 In my French-speaking family, it was used in a somewhat derogatory way, but that is Creoles for you.  I've also heard it used in Europe to describe a very regal lady of color.  Depends on your perspective, but I don't find it to mean anything unkind in this context.

 

Just my take as a French speaker.

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AnInterestedObserver 1029 pts

 MixedUpInVegas 

 

 

I do not unnderstand this, people are clearly saying that the word is known to be an anti-Black female slur, so what exactly is the issue with people being offended by it?

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MixedUpInVegas 1644 pts

 AnInterestedObserver

 I don't believe I said anything about people being offended by it or not being so.  I simply offered my own perspective.

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 MixedUpInVegas  AnInterestedObserver so i guess basically it is all subjective

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Skayi 504 pts

I like that its not all about looks with these international singers. Talent is right there. Love Enya's work.

 

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 Skayi ME TOO!! Adele was quoting saying when asked about her weight "I am here for your auditory pleasure not your visual" Love that. Girl was like screw you...

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ElfeV 7085 pts

Breakfast Club - Right on track

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Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 1983

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MISFIT (Live w / lyrics) - Curiosity Killed The Cat

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Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down To Earth

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Go West - We Close Our Eyes

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Steve Winwood - Higher Love

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Soul_Incites 360 pts

Oh my goodness. I will have to make a day of this thread and listen to all this music you all are introducing me to! Here's some more luscious sounds:

 

-Gigi (Ethiopia): Zomaye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjmOxcwXb44

-Natacha Atlas (Egypt): Wahashni - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_weG9XxNOQ&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLC88AC7D46021CBFD

-Amadou and Mariam (Mali) feat. Santigold (America): Dougou Badia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfJ-EmoQil8

-Tinariwen (Touareg): Cler Achel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hR6eWexxZA

-Coldplay (Britain)....Okay, I used to HATE Coldplay. I thought they were a watered down Radiohead. But they won me over with this ridiculously infectious song Paradise. I haven't yet heard anything else from them that I love anywhere near as much as that, but I'm slowly working my way through their catalog. The video for Paradise is so silly and endearing, especially the elephant dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4isv_Fylg

-Asa (pronounced Asha, from Nigeria): Fire on the Mountain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jIhNOrVG58

 

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ElfeV 7085 pts

<3 <3The Jam 'Start'

http://youtu.be/Xy3Qpi_XfDA

 

The Style Council ~ Shout to the Top!

http://youtu.be/lz1ckQ2BAVU

 

The Style Council - Long Hot Summer

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<3 <3The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (1984)

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The Style Council-Walls come tumbling down.

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Spandau Ballet - True (Live Aid 1985)

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Spandau Ballet - Gold

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ElfeV 7085 pts

mirror in the bathroom - the Beat

http://youtu.be/f_-7fqUMuyg

 

The English Beat 'I Confess'

http://youtu.be/-jvw-bPWSSc

 

The (English) Beat - Save It For Later

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"Never You Done That"- GENERAL PUBLIC

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General Public - Tenderness

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General Public - Hot You're Cool

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ElfeV 7085 pts

int'l flashbacks

 

Human League - Don't you want me 1982

http://youtu.be/uPudE8nDog0

 

Duran Duran - Last Chance On The Stairway

http://youtu.be/vyL8Go4Iv0s

 

Duran Duran - Girls On Film

http://youtu.be/gudEttJlw3s

 

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

http://youtu.be/RS_ux2H473I

 

Depeche Mode - Strangelove (Remastered Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrm0dHbCDU

 

Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes (Video Version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZdL4JlnxI&feature=relmfu

 

Psychedelic Furs - "The Ghost In You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMmA8PsTvPA

 

 

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Shulamit 1982 pts

 Elfe i love all these. my 80s playlist is stupid.. lol

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Dandelion100 581 pts

 Elfe 

I heart the Psychedelic Furs. I saw them in concert. :)  I have a Depeche Mode vinyl album cover on my wall.

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