| Various Artists / Rough Guide Acoustic Africa |
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| Album: | Rough Guide Acoustic Africa | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2013 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2019: | The Acupuncture Hour Sweet Lullaby, Saghmar N Nanna | 4. | Jun 09, 2013: | The Doldrummer Sweet Lullaby | |
| 2. | Dec 27, 2018: | Hanging in the Bone Yard Obili Éba, Mbanda Nasali Nini? (Madeleine) | 5. | Apr 16, 2013: | Home Free Saghmar N Nanna | |
| 3. | Mar 22, 2014: | Music Casserole Bannadenoufele | 6. | Apr 13, 2013: | Noisejazz Catharsis White Crocodile Blues (A Song For M) (Instrumental) |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2013-02-26 | ||
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Acoustic music mostly guitar and kora plucked strings from thirteen African countries accompanied by male & female vocalists CD#1 ***1: 4:55 slow to mid tempo, 30 seconds of spoken word then cool segue to male vocal/wail great percussion & semi drone ***2: 4:03 mellow female vocal with strummed & plucked strings almost a Hawaiian sound to it. ***3: 5:10 mid to faster, mellow with a nice trance groove ***4: 4:31 mid tempo , micro drone with harmonizing vocals ***5: 3:28 mellow, mid tempo with great call & response male vocals ***6: 4:51 mid tempo, female mbira player & vocals, nice sax riff 7: 5:10 slow to mid, female vocal **8: 4:23 mid tempo palm wine, male vocal & guitar 9: 5:23 slow to mid, male & female vocal with guitar **10: 3:45 slow to mid, Malian blues guitar ***11: 5:04 slow male voc/wail intro then fast voc, percussion & sax 12: 3:41 mid tempo, male vocal, guitar, percussion and sax 13: 5:34 mid tempo, male vocal, kora, ***14: 4:22 mid to faster, male voc & chorus, valha, accordion bass, maracas , hand clap & drum. **15: 3:35 mid to faster, male voc, fem chorus, kora, balafon, bass guitar & calabash percussion ***16: 4:29 slow male & female vocals, guitar, sax make for a nice song CD#2 debut album by griot Noumoucounda Cissoko a kora player with Phat 4 a Swiss group 1: 0:29 interlude, some vocal sounds ***2: 4:10 fast fast kora, percussion & male vocals with fem chorus 3: 6:45 slow to mid, male voc/wail, kora, percussion & piano 4: 7:22 slow intro then mid tempo vocal with some hip hop rap 5: 0:39 interlude, music and voices 6: 4:47 fast, some vocals, mostly Instrumental ***7: 6:25 slow male vocal/wail intro then last 2 minutes is a pounding groove 8: 5:07 slow to mid male voc/wail 9: 4:23 slow vocal & chorus 10: 1:26 slow interlude music & vocals 11: 6:08 slow plucked strings, minimal vocal ***12: 5:59 slow kind of soulful-funky intro then fast fast vocals perc/string groove 13: 1:18 fast vocal chant kora & some percussion | ||
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