Akingbola, Sola / Routes To Roots: Yoruba Drums From Nigeria
| Album: | Routes To Roots: Yoruba Drums From Nigeria | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Akingbola, Sola | Added: | Nov 2007 | |
| Label: | Arc Music Inc. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-12-09 | Pull Date: | 2008-02-10 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 30, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum: Tuesday Edition
Kulumbu Yeye |
4. | Jan 31, 2008: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Ojo To Wa Ninu Ose |
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| 2. | Sep 05, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Kulumbu Yeye |
5. | Jan 29, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Olukumi |
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| 3. | Feb 01, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Olukumi |
6. | Jan 23, 2008: | Brownian Motion Manque
Kulumbu Yeye |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2007-12-10
Reviewed 2007-12-10
Devotional spiritual drumming & Yoruba poetry 2007
singer songwriter and percussionist from the jazz funk band Jamirooquai drums and recites Yoruba poetry. The dundun (hourglass shaped drums) and the lead drum the iyaalu ( the
famous talking drum) used to simulate the Yoruba language
sound are featured.
1: 4:24 fast very nice percussion, male vocal/chant, chorus
***2: 3:40 High ENERGY FAST Drumming and vocal chants
3: 3:54 mid tempo percussion, male vocal call, fem chorus response
**4: 2:13 male vocal poetry/chant, cool fem chorus refrain, mid tempo
5: 6:25 male vocal poetry/chant, minimal percussion, slow to mid tempo @ 5 min picks up to fast very nice percussion.
6: 3:45 mid to fast good percussion, male vocal chants
**7: 4:54 mid to fast good percussion, cool chorus & male vocal chants
*8: 6:58 mid to fast good percussion, male vocal chants
***9: 3:08 fast good percussion with shakeree, fast male vocal/chant fem chorus
10: 1:30 mid tempo good percussion with shakeree, male vocal/chant
*11: 6:34 mid to faster percussion, mid tempo male vocal/chant, double cowbell
D Farrell 12/2007
singer songwriter and percussionist from the jazz funk band Jamirooquai drums and recites Yoruba poetry. The dundun (hourglass shaped drums) and the lead drum the iyaalu ( the
famous talking drum) used to simulate the Yoruba language
sound are featured.
1: 4:24 fast very nice percussion, male vocal/chant, chorus
***2: 3:40 High ENERGY FAST Drumming and vocal chants
3: 3:54 mid tempo percussion, male vocal call, fem chorus response
**4: 2:13 male vocal poetry/chant, cool fem chorus refrain, mid tempo
5: 6:25 male vocal poetry/chant, minimal percussion, slow to mid tempo @ 5 min picks up to fast very nice percussion.
6: 3:45 mid to fast good percussion, male vocal chants
**7: 4:54 mid to fast good percussion, cool chorus & male vocal chants
*8: 6:58 mid to fast good percussion, male vocal chants
***9: 3:08 fast good percussion with shakeree, fast male vocal/chant fem chorus
10: 1:30 mid tempo good percussion with shakeree, male vocal/chant
*11: 6:34 mid to faster percussion, mid tempo male vocal/chant, double cowbell
D Farrell 12/2007
Track Listing
| 1. | Ninu Opon Ori Tiwa | 6. | Witch Dance | |||
| 2. | Olukumi | 7. | Seegesi Olooya | |||
| 3. | Enia Lasoo Mi | 8. | Boya Iro Ni | |||
| 4. | Ifanla | 9. | Kulumbu Yeye | |||
| 5. | Ori Ni Kan | 10. | Ojo To Wa Ninu Ose | |||
| 11. | Oro Orunmila | |||||