Music from Madagascar – Erick Manana & Jenny Fuhr

Erick Manana is an acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter from Madagascar. He often performs in a duo or as a solo artist, singing in accompaniment to his acoustic guitar in the ba-gasy genre that gained prominence in the central highlands of Madagascar in the 1930s.The composer, guitarist and singer Erick Manana is one of the stalwart of the music scene of Madagascar. For decades, he’s a star in his homeland and popular worldwide in the Malagasy diaspora.Rootsworld described Manana as the “Bob Dylan of Madagascar”

 

“Ny 2 CV on-dRandria” titled Erick Manana his praises of Tanas resourceful taxi driver who in decrepit, leaky tin boxes their passengers with wit, heart and skill (and downhill mostly idle) chauffeured through the capital.

in duet with the german Jenny Fuhra who accompanied him on the violin

Music from the US – The Duprees /

The group was founded in the early 1960s in Jersey City, New Jersey by William L. Dickinson High School students Michael Arnone, Joe Santollo, John Salvato, Tom Bialoglow, and lead singer Joey Canzano (later known as Joey Vann). George Paxton, a former big band leader was impressed by the group’s style and signed them to his Coed Records label. Their first single “You Belong to Me” had previously been a hit for Jo Stafford in 1952. The Duprees’ version was given a big band backing by Paxton and reached the US top ten in 1962.

the best cover comnes from Bob Dylan , also to be heard on the OST of the movie “Natural Born Killers ” from Oliver Stone

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Music from the US – Bob Dylan

Right now, I saw, that Barack Obama gave a Medal Of Freedom to Bob Dylan, an US-american rock, folk and country musician. He is known for anti-war and political civil right songs and won many awards. Here’s his nice one “Mr. Tambourine Man”:

 

Music from the US – Wanda Jackson

Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist. She is known to many as the Queen (or First Lady) of Rockabilly. She has been with Elvis on tour and he gave her the advise to play country instead of rock n roll , really a bad advise if you listen to her songs ^^

An incredible and unique voice , she released a new album in 2011 produced by jack White  with covers from Amy Whinehouse and Bob Dylan and other Rock n Roll Classics.