| Various Artists / Rough Guide To African Roots Revival, The |
|---|
| Album: | Rough Guide To African Roots Revival, The | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
| A-File Activity |
|---|
| Add Date: | 2012-09-28 | Pull Date: | 2012-11-30 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 11 | Oct 28 | Oct 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 27, 2018: | Hanging in the Bone Yard Je T'aime | 4. | Nov 29, 2012: | The Doldrummer Bulanga | |
| 2. | Nov 17, 2018: | Hanging in the bone yard Ya El Yaleladana | 5. | Nov 18, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop Moustapha | |
| 3. | Dec 06, 2012: | The Doldrummer Adowa (Otanfo) | 6. | Nov 10, 2012: | Music Casserole Kenge Kenge |
| Album Review |
|---|
| Don Farrell Reviewed 2012-10-02 | ||
|
Rough Guide to African Roots Revival [COLL] WORLD VARIOUS ARTISTS 2012 Traditional African music with modern and improvised instruments ****1: 5:03 mid to fast guitar, bass & percussion, male vocal/al most wail, features the satonge, a milk can resonator with a guitar string and plastic pipe pitch adjustment. ****2: 4:04 fast Bedouin male vocals with scavenged desert junk (milk & jerry cans etc.) homemade instruments along with 5 stringed lyre. ****3: 8:02 fast mbira with male voc/wail & chorus with whistling. ***4: 5:02 slow bluesy, bass ngoni (lute), vocal/wail ****5: 4:30 fast fast percussion (amplified mbiras (thumb pianos)) & male vocals 6: 4:40 fast light percussion (sticks), fast vocal/chorus ***7: 3:28 mid fast lamellophones and vocal call & response, mild trance ****8: 3:59 fast fast trance frantic dance, percussion, casio organ and vocals 9: 3:38 fast string picking on a five liter oil can guitar with fast male vocal ***10: 5:41 mid fast wood & metal lamellophone, male voc, fem chorus call & response ****11: 5:06 mellow mid fast percussion & biram (5 stringed instrument shaped like a boat) male call & response *****12: 7:06 slow & low intro then fast trance dance number, 25 piece ensemble, thumb pianos, e guitars with cool distortion, vocal/wails. D Farrell 09/2012 CD#2 already in the library as "Introducing Kenge Kenge" 06/2007 ***1: 9:19 fast fast benga rhythm from Kenya, percussion. one string fiddle & gong and flute, male vocal/wail. ***2: 10:26 fast, percussion & one string fiddle (orutu), male vocal/wail 3: 7:44 fast, percussion, flute, male voc ***: 8:17 mid fast percussion, orutu, flute & male vocals nice perc last half. 5: 7:39 fast percussion, orutu, flute & male vocal ***6: 7:29 slow, orutu,very nice harmonizing male vocals, perc. picks up speed, flute, pounding perc. 7: 10:42 a cappella intro. then fast percussion, orutu, male vocals, flute 8: 7:13 a cappella intro. mid fast percussion, orutu, male vocals | ||
| Track Listing |
|---|