Music of Madagascar, some things I was listening to

Some music of Madagascar

• The Truth (1995) by The Justin Vali Trio              
• The Music of Madagascar by The Legendary Mama Sana   
• Beneath Southern Skies (1996) by Tarika Sammy              

I also took advantage of some classic anthologies of music from "the Big Island":

• Tulear Never Sleeps (2003)             
• A World Out Of Time (1992)               
• World Out Of Time, Volume 3 (1996)

"Tulear Never Sleeps" is an example of the tsapiky style, recorded in late 1999. The two "World Out of Time" volumes were brought about by a visit to Big Red by the American guitarists Henry Kaiser and David Lindley. They recorded a wide variety of music and musicians that generated three albums (the first and third were the most highly rated).

Sources and more information:

• Music of Madagascar (Wikipedia)
• Justin Vali (Allmusic)
• Tarika Sammy (Allmusic)