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Saturday 27 April 2019

Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem

Saturday night is music night on this blog, and I try to bring something different. Check this guy out. A stunning and very unusual voice backed up by a brilliant band, enjoy. Peace to all. Eddie 

Alpha Blondy is a reggae singer and international recording artist. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated, and are mainly sung in his native language of Dioula, French and in English, though he occasionally uses other languages, for example, Arabic or Hebrew. Alpha Blondy was born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, and was brought up by a grandmother "who taught him to love everyone". Blondy's respect for all religions and the spirituality he derives from them can be heard on the tracks “God is One” or “Jerusalem” where he sang for unity between all religions in 1986.

11 comments:

William Kendall said...

Admittedly I have never heard of this singer.

DUTA said...

The reggae singer from Ivory Coast, definitely is and sounds "something different".
Interesting performance! Thanks for sharing.

Tom said...

...we need more grandmothers "who teach children to love everyone".

Miss Val's Creations said...

I am not familiar with this artist but I have always loved reggae that promotes love and acceptance.

dellgirl said...

I had never heard of Alpha Blondy or his music before reading about it here. Thank you for the introduction. As usual, I learned something new here.

Wishing you a Happy Sunday!

magiceye said...

Need more such singers!

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Não conhecia e gostei bastante.
Um abraço e um bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

NanaDiana said...

I had never heard of him but he is 'different'. I do love all types of music though. Hugs- Diana

sandy said...

i like him especially when he gets to the reggae ...

Crafty Green Poet said...

Brilliant

Debbie said...

i enjoy a bit of reggae but have never heard this singer before. i don't generally listen to religious music!!