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Summer 2007 Concert Previews
Here are a list of albums heard on Afropop Worldwide's Summer 2007 Concert Previews:
Tiken Jah Fakoly "Coup De Geuele"
(Wrasse Records 2006) Angelique Kidjo "Djin Djin"
It's always a moment to celebrate when an African album wins a Grammy Award, as Angelique Kidjo's Djin Djin has just done for Best Contemporary World Music. Kidjo has been a standard bearer for African pop music since she tore up the scene with... (Razor & Tie 2007) Zap Mama, Zap Mama "Ancestry In Progress"
(Luaka Bop 2004, Luaka Bop 2004) Zap Mama, Zap Mama "Ancestry In Progress"
(Luaka Bop 2004, Luaka Bop 2004) Ferro Gaita "Bandera Liberdade"
(Self Produced 2003) Andy Palacio, The Garifuna Collective "Wátina"
Belize's Andy Palacio grew up hearing songs, rhythms and stories that go back to a fateful cohabitation of shipwrecked African slaves and Carib and Arawak Indians on the island of St Vincent in the 17th century. (Cumbancha 2007) Nawal "Aman"
A self-styled vocalist, composer and string player (guitar and the long-necked lute called gambusi), Nawal hails from Comoros, an Island nation in the Indian Ocean. (Self Produced 2007) Spanish Harlem Orchestra "United We Swing"
(Six Degrees 2007) Toumani Diabaté, Symmetric Orchestra "Boulevard De L'independence"
Africa's top kora player rolls out his long-nurtured mega-band in an expansive, dizzying set. Fifty-three musicians contributed to this set of 9 tracks, a musical banquet! (World Circuit, Nonesuch 2006) Also look for these recommended titles.
Vieux Farka Touré "Vieux Farka Touré"
Vieux Farka Touré's debut CD echos the famously bluesy strains of northern Malian traditions, as well as the melodious elegance of Mande and other Malian ethnic styles. (Modiba/World Village 2007) Ferro Gaita "Rei Di Funana"
(Lusafrica 2001)
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