The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa

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The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa
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Compilation album by
Various artists
Released25 March 2013
GenreWorld, Acoustic, African
Length127:08
LabelWorld 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[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MSN Music (Expert Witness)[4]A-
PopMatters[5]7/10 stars

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.TitleArtist (Country)Length
1."Saghmar N Nanna"Etran Finatawa Niger4:54
2."Sweet Lullaby" Madagascar4:03
3."Mbanda Nasali Nini? (Madeleine)"Syran Mbenza & Democratic Republic of the Congo 
4."Yekanini"Shiyani Ngcobo South Africa4:31
5."Ha Kele Monateng" Lesotho3:28
6."Ndinewe"Monoswezi MozambiqueNorwaySwedenZimbabwe4:50
7."Masikini"Eyuphuro Mozambique5:09
8."See Wo Nom Me (Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood)"Koo Nimo Ghana4:22
9."Obili Éba" & Sally Nyolo Cameroon5:22
10."White Crocodile Blues (A Song for M) [Instrumental]"Samba Touré Mali3:44
11."Lemon Bara"Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal SudanSouth Sudan 
12."Diamano" Senegal3:41
13."Djou"Mory Kanté Guinea5:34
14."Aomby Mazava Loha" Madagascar4:21
15."Afrika"Nuru Kane Senegal3:35
16."AIDS"Mabulu Mozambique4:28

Disc Two[]

All tracks on Disc Two are by , a Senegalese kora-playing griot, from his 2012 digital album "Falling".[6]

No.TitleLength
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[]

  1. ^ Phillips, Glyn (3 August 2013). "ROUGH GUIDE TO ACOUSTIC AFRICA - CD REVIEW". Worldmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  2. ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ^ "The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 Dec 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert. "Expert Witness". MSN Music. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Maine, David. "Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa". PopMatters. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
  6. ^ World Music Network. "Noumoucounda Cissoko: Noumoukoradioulou". Retrieved 2014-01-11.

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