People throughout Madagascar maintain a strong reverential connection to their ancestors, whose spirits may be called upon to enter into the present to resolve problems and to heal illness. Music ...

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Amid the hubbub of the bustling capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, it was the most unexpected sound: pure, simple, the voice of a boy, barely a teen … "The first song that we heard was Jimmy singing ...

Tulear Never Sleeps is a compilation of songs from Madagascar featuring relatively undiscovered guitar music from the south, called tsapiky. Music critic Banning Eyre has a review.