'Adwoa (Otanfo)' is the opening track from sunbright album Seprewa Kasa.The seprewais an endangered West African instrument, less-loved than the ever-popular kora but beautiful just the same. This relaxed track is taken from the album Studio Cameroonwhen she travelled back to Cameroon, set up a tin-roofed recording studio and captured the local sounds of bands from her area onto tape purely for the joy of it. Sally makes a return later in the album but this time in the role of producer for the Bidjoi Sisters. Sally Nyolo heads up the West of West Africa with Cameroonian rhythms, gently warping guitars and feather-light percussion on 'Me So Wa Yen'. Mory Kanté from Guinea shot to fame with his danceable, fast-paced popped-up music, the vibe on 'Mama' is no exception to his trademark style. Amadou Diagne's 'Senegal' is a love-letter from a griot(hereditary story-teller) living abroad to his homeland. ![]() Etran Finatawa's 'Kel Tamasheck' reflects the roots of two Saharan nomadic peoples joined together in music-making, the Woddaabe and Tuareg. 'Ekassa' by Ghana's Victor Uwaifo is a retro journey into 1971 highlife gone electric.īamako's blues bad-boy Anansy Cissé delivers gentle track 'Fati Ka' next bolstering Mali's offering on this album. 'Kaye Waxama' explores the Fula traditions from the South of Senegal by songsmith Daby Balde. There must be something in the water at that school this track is irresistibly juicy. Sticking in Mali 'Farinya Manji' was recorded by the orchestra of The Bamako School for the Blind - the very same educational institution where superstars Amadou & amp Mariam first met. 'Alabina' reflects the legacy of Ali Farka Touré with bending blues notes and loopy cyclical grooves. ![]() 'Afrika' is a bubbling track with tincture of mbalax and gnawa swagger mixed through with influences from Nuru's allegiance to the Baye Fall brotherhood of Sufism. Our journey begins with the ever illustrious Nuru Kane of Senegal via Paris. Enjoy our handpicked cuts and get ready to get knee-deep in the archive. This selection focuses on the powerhouses of Senegal and Mali in the main. ![]() Stretching some eighteen countries from Mauritania in the North to Congo in the South, West Africa is a place of many music's. This Rough Guide illuminates the fullest-fattest cream of West African music that has passed through the doors of Riverboat Records HQ over the last twenty-five years.
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