Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore Babu Casamance! (Cafe Tilibo, 2003) Modibo Traore has a mission. Visit his website and you’ll notice an emphasis on leprosy…
Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore – Babu Casamance!
Category: Album reviews
CD Review: The Rough Guide to Ska
Various Artists The Rough Guide to Ska (World Music Network. RGNET 1083, 2003) There have been many introductions to this energetic music and there are…
CD Review: Idrissa Diop – Yakar
Idrissa Diop Yakar (Tinder Records, 2003) Senegalese band leader Idrissa Diop offers us his dance to you drop release, Yakar which marks another sizzling recording…
CD Review: Filippo Gambetta’s Pria Goaea
Filippo Gambetta Pria Goaea (Dunya Records. FY8052). Distributed by Felmay. Sometimes you put on a CD by someone you’ve never heard and forty-odd minutes later…
CD Review: Robert Mirabal’s Indians Indians
Robert Mirabal Indians Indians (Silver Wave Records, 2003) The poignant storytelling and thorny lyrics of Indians Indians, Robert Mirabal’s latest offering on Silver Wave Records,…
Two Reissues of Klezmatics CDs
In 2003, Rounder Records has reissued The Klezmatics’ seminal recordings, Shvaygn=Toyt (Silence=Death) originally released on Piranha Records in 1988 and Rhythm & Jews released on Piranha…
Culduz – Murat Ses
Murat Ses Culduz (Clou Records, Clou-003, KALAN Music, Peacework Music) Culduz is the third and last part of Murat Ses trilogy. Culduz is a Turkic…
Afro-Celt Sound System Seed
Afro-Celt Sound System – Seed (Real World/Narada Records, 2003) On first listen, I found Afro-Celt’s fourth release to be heavy on the Celtic inspired washes…
Sheila Chandra’s Indipop Retrospective
Sheila Chandra The Indipop Retrospective (Narada, 2003) There’s no great hardship in reviewing a Sheila Chandra CD – it’s just a simple matter of slipping…
Shafqat Ali Khan – Sublime Sufi
Shafqat Ali Khan Sublime Sufi (ARC Music EUCD 1798, 2003) This is one of the most pleasant surprises of 2003. Pakistani Qawwali singer Shafqat Ali…