African Blues

African Blues Artist: Various Artists
Label: World Music Network
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 605633101942
EAN: 0605633101942
ASIN: B000006NY7


Release Date: 1998-06-09

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Tracks:

  1. Talibe - Ismaël Lô
  2. Mounaïssa - Rokia Traoré
  3. Va Safy Va Lomo - Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique, Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique
  4. Mansa - Super Rail Band
  5. Paulette - Balla et Ses Balladins
  6. Maggie - Alick Nkhata
  7. Omulanga Wamuka - Henry Makobi
  8. Heygana - Ali Farka Touré
  9. Ndinderere - Stella Chiweshe
  10. Shams Esh'shamusa - Hamza el Din, Hamza el Din
  11. N'Sangou - Antoine Moundanda, Antoine Moundanda
  12. Mouso Teke Soma Ye - Boubacar Traoré
  13. Kankan Blues [Extract] - Kante Manfila,
  14. Miss Perfumado [Live] - Césaria Évora
  15. Saa Magni - Oumou Sangare

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great collection of African music.......2002-03-08

I really like most of the rough guide African series I've heard and this is one of the best. Most of the cuts are in a laid back mode (certainly they aren't blues in the traditional American sense) but it includes several really great cuts including Rokia Traore, Cesaria Evora and Oumou Sangare, three of the best-loved African women stars of the world music circuit. If you want to check out African music from throughout the continent this is a good selection of great tracks. (Another rough guide I really enjoyed was the Senegal/Gambia collection.)

4 out of 5 stars Introducing African Music.......2000-08-20

Very interesting and original mixture of good music. I found clasic masterpieces (Ismael Lo, Cesaria Evora, Oumou Sangare) and many auochthonous melodies, perhaps only enjoyable for local people.

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