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Rough Guide to African Blues

28 April 2014

Rough Guide to African Blues World Music Network Ali Farka Toure Ramon Goose Amadou Diagne Dominic Kakolobango Alhousseini Anivolla

In the twenty years since Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré won his first Grammy, a whole spectrum of African Blues has become hugely popular with a global audience. The shades of Blues on this Rough Guide range from the deep indigo of the Saharan...
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Vol 3 - The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk (CD Review)

07 April 2013

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Cotonou Analog Africa Vol 3 Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk Vodoun Benin Africa Afro Funk Afrobeat Jerk Fon Melome Clement Leopold Yehouessi Gustave Bentho World Music WorldMusic.co.uk Glyn Phillips Review

Once again, record label Analog Africa,
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Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa - CD Review

08 March 2013

Acoustic Africa Rough Guide World Music Network Mory Kante Nuru Kane Etran Finatawa Amadou Diagne Syran Mbenza Samba Toure Koo Nimo Sotho Monoswezi Review Glyn Phillips worldmusic.co.uk

Over recent years there seems to have be
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Krar Collective - mac, Birmingham - 4/10/12 - Review

10 October 2012

Krar Collective Temesgen Zeleke Genet Assefa Robel Tesfaye Krar Kebero Ethiopia Super Krar Riverboat World Music Making Tracks mac Birmingham Glyn Phillips WorldMusic.co.uk Review Kazum

"traditional Ethiopian music styles ..
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Andy Kershaw - "No Off Switch: An Autobiography" - Review

04 October 2012

Andy Kershaw No Off Switch autobiography world music BBC Radio Serpent's Tail Random House broadcasting journalism

"Best autobiography I have ever read"
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Vusa Mkhaya - “Vocalism” (ARC Music) - Review

28 September 2012

Vusa Mkhaya Vocalism Insingizi ARC Music Zimbabwe 10th District Susan Blake Brian Bangura Ramadu Thomas Ronasz Setsabile Masina Sithole Othnell Mangoma Moyo Silethemba Magonya Glyn Phillips Review WorldMusic.co.uk

Zimbabwe’s Vusa Mkhaya steps aside
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Toure-Raichel Collective - "The Tel Aviv Session" (Cumbancha)

03 September 2012

Raichel Toure Collective Tel Aviv Session Idan Vieux Farka Cumbancha Eric Herman Modiba Yossi Fine Souleymane Kane Yankele Segal Mark Eliyahu Cabra Casey Frederic Yonnet Patrick Ruffino Glyn Phillips worldmusic.co.uk world music

"the spark that fires the soul…
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Womad 2012 - The Big Review - Glyn Phillips

15 August 2012

Womad Charlton Park Review Glyn Phillips WorldMusic.co.uk world music Festival Masekela Ane Brun Raghu Dixit Vadoinmessico Kayrece Fotso Balkan Beat Box Ska Cubano Deolinda Alaev Joe Driscoll Seckou Kouyate Pine Leaf Keb Mo DJ Yoda Buena Vista Portuondo

"For size, quality and breadth it&rsq
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Sensational Space Shifters - Womad 2012 - Review

06 August 2012

Sensational Space Shifters Robert Plant Justin Adams Juldeh Camara Billy Fuller Dave Smith Womad Charlton Park Juju Review Glyn Phillips WorldMusic.co.uk World Music Zeppelin

At the end of last year, when I first he
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