The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa
The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | 25 March 2013 | |||
Genre | World, Acoustic, African | |||
Length | 127:08 | |||
Label | World Music Network | |||
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The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring acoustic music spanning Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the genre on Disc One, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting griot . Disc One features artists hailing from Niger, Madagascar, the DRC, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan, Senegal, and Guinea. All but three tracks are guitar-based.[1] The extensive liner notes were written by Daniel Rosenberg, and Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, produced the album.[2][3]
Critical reception[]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
MSN Music (Expert Witness)[4] | A- |
PopMatters[5] |
The recording received positive reviews. After admitting that compilations spanning many countries typically annoy him, Robert Christgau recounted this one as "soft-spoken" and "pretty" enough to award it an "A-".[4] David Maine of PopMatters wrote that this release was consistent with Rough Guides' "knack for culling good tunes from a far-flung range of material". Maine was particularly impressed by Disc Two, comparing Cissoko with Salif Keita.[5]
Track listing[]
Disc One[]
No. | Title | Artist (Country) | Length |
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1. | "Saghmar N Nanna" | Etran Finatawa | 4:54 |
2. | "Sweet Lullaby" | 4:03 | |
3. | "Mbanda Nasali Nini? (Madeleine)" | Syran Mbenza & | |
4. | "Yekanini" | Shiyani Ngcobo | 4:31 |
5. | "Ha Kele Monateng" | 3:28 | |
6. | "Ndinewe" | Monoswezi | 4:50 |
7. | "Masikini" | Eyuphuro | 5:09 |
8. | "See Wo Nom Me (Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood)" | Koo Nimo | 4:22 |
9. | "Obili Éba" | & Sally Nyolo | 5:22 |
10. | "White Crocodile Blues (A Song for M) [Instrumental]" | Samba Touré | 3:44 |
11. | "Lemon Bara" | Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal | |
12. | "Diamano" | 3:41 | |
13. | "Djou" | Mory Kanté | 5:34 |
14. | "Aomby Mazava Loha" | 4:21 | |
15. | "Afrika" | Nuru Kane | 3:35 |
16. | "AIDS" | Mabulu | 4:28 |
Disc Two[]
All tracks on Disc Two are by , a Senegalese kora-playing griot, from his 2012 digital album "Falling".[6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Interlude 1" | 0:28 |
2. | "Noumou Koradioulou" | 4:10 |
3. | "Nagnou Talal Loxxo Afrique" | 6:45 |
4. | "Sining featuring Tumi Molekane" | 7:22 |
5. | "Interlude 2" | 0:39 |
6. | "Dindingo A Bamah" | 4:47 |
7. | "Bannaya Foly" | 6:25 |
8. | "Begg Ci Yow" | 5:06 |
9. | "Yekhi Medina" | 4:22 |
10. | "Interlude 3" | 1:26 |
11. | "Gorgni featuring Fredy Massamba" | 6:08 |
12. | "Bannadenoufele" | 5:58 |
13. | "Interlude 4" | 1:18 |
References[]
- ^ Phillips, Glyn (3 August 2013). "ROUGH GUIDE TO ACOUSTIC AFRICA - CD REVIEW". Worldmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ^ "The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 Dec 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert. "Expert Witness". MSN Music. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Maine, David. "Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa". PopMatters. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
- ^ World Music Network. "Noumoucounda Cissoko: Noumoukoradioulou". Retrieved 2014-01-11.
External links[]
- 2013 compilation albums
- World Music Network Rough Guide albums