Madagascar Slim
Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin is a Canadian-Malagasy folk and blues guitarist, who records and performs under the stage name Madagascar Slim. He is a member of the folk music band Tri-Continental and the world music group African [Guitar Summit], as well as a solo artist and a regular collaborator with blues singer Ndidi Onukwulu.
He moved to Canada in 1979 to study English and accounting at Seneca College, pursuing music with the folk group La Ridaine while studying. He has cited Jimi Hendrix and B. B. King as the two primary influences on his choice to become a guitarist.
He is a three-time Juno Award winner, having won Juno Award for [World Music Album of the Year|World Music Album of the Year] in 2000 for his solo album Omnisource and in 2005 with African Guitar Summit, and Juno Award for Roots & Traditional [Album of the Year - Group|Roots & Traditional Album of the Year] in 2001 with Tri-Continental.
Discography
With Tri-Continental- 2000 Tri-Continental
- 2002 Live
- 2003 Let's Play
- 2004 Drifting
- 2018 Dust Dance
- 2005 African Guitar Summit
- 2006 ''African Guitar Summit II''