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Amen Viana - Share

from Foundation by Music Action Collective

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Share is a plea for unity—sharing ideas, sharing richness, sharing our hearts, minds, and our resources to helping people who are less fortunate, such as those suffering from diseases and poverty. In many countries music is something that cures people from illness. That gives joy and hope for those who feel hopeless and restless. Music is a river that flows on regardless of the profits that make us shiver. Inspired by Amen Viana’s “Mitro” composition in the Togolese language Mina (“Change”), it also reflects the value of sharing in the process of cross-cultural musical discovery and creation.

lyrics

na na na wo yé hi yé
amédeo woe dadi
egbéa nou lé woa si
voa o me dji be ya na noua méo woa to koe le dui

mia bé kesinon nou wo na mi djo to vo
noussi wo lé mia sio na mi me do hlon wo
milava gbléo de gbedeka

mougnon lo, mougnon lo
mi na nou amo la agbémé
mougnon lo, mougnon lo
amo le suffer l djoua mé

amedeo woe dadi
eye kesseo dji la doui
ayata o fon zan doa mo ntchi yoa ho lé woa si
amebou bé you tchi yé olé woua mé
amebou bé you lé bia nkou na mé
egnaka toutou yé gné sia

mougnon lo, mougnon lo
mi na nou amo la agbémé
mougnon lo, mougnon lo
amo le suffer l djoua mé

Don’t keep things for yourself
[Repeat x2]
Don’t kee-ee-ep

mougnon lo, mougnon lo
[Repeat x12]
amo le suffer l djoua mé

credits

from Foundation, released May 12, 2017
Amen Viana, guitar, lead vocals
Aisha Fukushima, vocals
Teta, vocals
Will Magid, trumpet
Derek Beckvold, saxophone
Farhan Bogra, rubab
Owen Clapp, bass
Icaro Sa, percussion
Tyler Nam Berg, drums

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Music Action Collective San Francisco, California

Global social justice music collective.

Sevana Tchakerian, vocals, accordion, keys, flute (Armenia/France)
Rona Nishliu, vocals (Kosovo)
James Brandon Lewis, tenor sax (USA)
Kauzeni Lyamba, percussion, flute, vocals (Tanzania)
Erika Oba, piano, flute (Japan/USA)
Avery Waite, cello (USA)
Kasiva Mutua, percussion, vocals (Kenya)
Chris Bastian, bass (USA)
Ernesto “Matute” Lopez, drums (Nicaragua) ... more

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