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What are your favorite bands from more obscure, lesser known countries? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After a best mate of mine introduced me to Fela Kuti's works I've been real interested in hearing music from other cultures you don't hear much stuff from. Doesn't have to be traditional music styles (love it when genres and cultures fuse together, like Masayoshi Takanaka taking influence from Brazilian music), but I'd love to hear that as well!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm a big fan of Tinariwen who are from Mali

Also: Toe from Japan

Also also: yin yin from the Netherlands

And in a similar vein: l'eclair from Switzerland

Also tbh, if you want a great selection of eclectic artists from all over the world, look up a playlist of artists playing on the West Holts stage of Glastonbury for any given year—when I'm at the festival it's always my go to stage if I'm feeling like trying something new and it's rarely disappointed me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Toe are lovely, I've been listening to their live album (currently in Japan too).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I came here to suggest Bombino, who is Nigerien but part of the same Tuareg desert blues genre. That stuff is excellent