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November 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 102: Youssou N’Dour – “Immigrés”

I guess my real intro to Youssou N’Dour, perhaps as with many people, was hearing Seven Seconds – the duet with Neneh Cherry. Many years on I got to ask Cherry all about that song. From there I heard N’Dour in the context of compilations – it was great in-store play back in the day […]

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March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 45: Hugh Masekela– “Home Is Where The Music Is”

Somewhat (sadly) timely to get to this album at this point. Just last month I was on an Australian radio station paying tribute to the great Hugh Masekela. I had a couple of his albums – but not this one. And had never heard this. It’s a terrific album – utterly joyous – just great […]