Posts Tagged ‘K’naan’
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‘’We are all ambassadors whether we like it or not’’ – an interview with Blitz
We met Samuel Bazuwule aka Blitz the Ambassador after his astonishing concert at this year’s Roskilde Festival where he and his Embassy Ensemble had taken the audience on a joyride aboard ‘Ambassador Airways’. The conscious Brooklyn based, Ghanaian hip-hop artist and visual artist spoke to us about operating from a deficit as an African musician, ...
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The Ambassadors – Addis Rumble meets Amadou & Mariam
The backstage trailer is shaking when we meet Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia before their concert at Roskilde Festival. American heavy metal veterans Machine Head are playing a noisy set about 50 meters away from the trailer. But the Malian couple keeps their cool. They have become regulars at Roskilde, one of Europe’s largest ...