The Rough Guide to West African Music

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The Rough Guide to West African Music
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Compilation album by
Various artists
Released21 November 1995
GenreWorld, West African music
Length70:42
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to World Music
(1994) 		The Rough Guide to West African Music
(1995)
(1995)
Complete list

The Rough Guide to West African Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1995. The second release of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] it largely focuses on Malian music, with six of the twelve tracks coming from that country. This is followed by Senegal (two tracks), and Guinea, Niger, Ghana, and Mauritania (one track each). The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[2]

Chris Nickson of AllMusic gave the album four stars, but lamented the broadness of the topic, stating "the real problem with this album isn't the music, which is glorious throughout, but the fact that it suffers from the size of its ambition and the inability to fully realize it."[3] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, praised the record's focus on slow to midtempo music, stating it "succeeds in sustaining a meditative, inner-gazing mood."[4]

Track listing[]

No.TitleArtist (Country)Length
1."Foliba"Super Rail Band Mali7:51
2."Djelika"Toumani Diabaté Mali7:14
3."Roucky"Ali Farka Touré Mali8:18
4."Toro" Niger4:44
5."M'Bore" Guinea6:09
6."Djama Kaissoumou"Oumou Sangare Mali6:46
7."I Ka Di Nye"Bajourou Mali5:19
8."205"E.T. Mensah Ghana3:05
9."Utru Horas"Orchestra Baobab Senegal8:41
10."Almamy Bocoum"Mansour Seck Senegal4:57
11."Mauritania My Beloved Country"Dimi Mint Abba & Mauritania3:32
12."Agne Anko" Guinea4:37
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Nickson, Chris. "The Rough Guide to West African Music". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
  4. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.


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