My earth angel, my sonic Queen, my guiding light in the booth, my Everythang, Mrs. Mell Dettmer is heading back to Mali with her husband Mamadou Diakite for the first time in YEARS. She is planning on doing some recording with some of the greatest West African artists you have yet to discover.
Please consider contributing to her campaign. I can’t say enough about Mell and her impact on local and global music. She has not just been a big part of my career. Forget me. How about globally Clinton Fearon and the Polyrhythmics locally?
How about how she came up in this game as Femi Kuti – Official (Femi Anikulapo – Kuti)‘s sound person? She is a Queen!
I have written about her, I will write more about her, I will never be able to say enough about her. But if you want to hear why she means so much to me listen to how she captured my vocals on ‘Free Your Mind’ and other tunes that are shifting the arch if my career ever upward.
Please support this magical woman’s latest mission to capture what is happening and what is good in Mali, home of the world’s oldest books and some of the greatest musicians, that represent a spectrum of languages and ethnicities, that make up the fabric of one of the richest cultures in the history of us all.
Help her do this important work for Africa, for Seattle, for us all.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-mell-make-it-to-mali-africa-for-recording
Davin’s new song has become a global earworm and Caribbean dancehall hit. Listen here on Reggaeville: DAVIN MICHAEL STEDMAN & ANTHONY RED ROSE – FREE YOUR MIND FEAT. SLY & ROBBIE WITH LENKY MARSDEN. The video is now available on Youtube.
– Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com. In the spring of 2018 he spent weeks networking in and reporting from Kingston, Jamaica. He will return there soon for more recording. His single with British band Sherlock Soul is available here.
