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April 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ebo Taylor: Palaver

Ebo Taylor Palaver BBE Music Ebo Taylor – living legend of African highlife music is still in rude health at 83 – at least as far as 2018’s Yen Ara let us know; a career highlight. And now we have Palaver, not strictly a new recording – but it’s the first time this 40-year-old album […]
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January 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 119: Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck – “Djam Leelii”

Baaba Maal was a name I learned when I worked in The CD Store. I learned a lot then – world music especially. I knew some stuff already, was well versed in a bit of African, South American and Indian music – but there’s so much. Mansour Seck is a name brand new to me. […]
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November 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 103: Abdullah Ibrahim – “Water From An Ancient Well”

One of the great African jazz musicians is Abdullah Ibrahim. And I’ve been thrashing his Cape Town Revisited of late, so was nice to come across this album in the book – one I didn’t know (I only know Cape Town and know of his legacy). He’s a wonderful Ellington-esque pianist and composer. And there’s […]
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November 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 473

Tamikrest, Kidal (2017) I should probably write an actual review of this – since it’s new and all – but every now and then I like to go in to the store and just buy a brand new record, the LP – with no real focus on ‘reviewing’ it as such; this is just me […]
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August 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 8: Miriam Makeba – “Miriam Makeba”

I have no idea when I first heard Miriam Makeba – but I know I was quite young. Her nickname was “Mama Africa” and I remember being hooked on African music at a fairly young age – quite possibly as a result of Paul Simon’s Graceland which arrived at the right time for me; music […]
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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Music of Talking Heads: A Perfect Set of Worlds

I was introduced to the music of Talking Heads when the band was at its commercial peak. But to say I was introduced is not quite correct. I think, actually, the music announced itself. I’m talking the big hits – Road To Nowhere, And She Was, Burning Down The House, that sort of thing. For […]
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November 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Bessie Jones with the Georgia Sea Island Singers: Get In Union

Bessie Jones with the Georgia Sea Island Singers Get In Union: Recordings by Alan Lomax 1959-1966 Tompkins Square This double-disc has been pulled together from some 50 hours of tape that Alan Lomax recorded. Bessie Jones was raised in Georgia on the mainland, she moved to the islands (St. Simons Island) and soaked up the […]
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