Description
This Rough Guide spotlights the front-runners of an explosive revival of African roots music. Listen to world-class artists, such as Staff Benda Bilili and the Bedouin Jerry Can Band, mix it up by infusing traditional sounds with the ultra modern, and by using ingenious homemade instruments, many of which are built from junk-yard materials. These are the sweet sounds of a movement which has not simply preserved, but truly reinvented musical genres with outstanding results.
The full-length bonus album from the Kenyan group Kenge Kenge provides an engaging exploration of the acoustic origins of benga and the Luo musical heritage. The music featured on this Rough Guide popularizes traditional music and simultaneously reinvents it. These are the excellently infectious sounds of the past, present and future all at once,
Track Listing :
02 - Bedouin Jerry Can Band - Ya El Yaleladana
03 - Mbira DzeNharira - Tozvireva Tingaputike Neshungu
04 - Bassekou Kouyate - Moustapha
05 - Konono No. 1 - Nsimba & Nzuzi
06 - Seprewa Kasa - Adowa (Otanfo)
07 - The Zawose Family - Notendachi
08 - Jagwa Music - Dunia Watu
09 - Shiyani Ngcobo - Sevelina
10 - Papa Kourand - Pointe-Noire
11 - Mamane Barka - Bulanga
12 - Kasai Allstars - Quick As White
Introducing... Kenge Kenge - Bonus CD
02 - Amilly
03 - Obare Yinda
04 - Owang Winyo
05 - Omeme Nyapura
06 - Anyango Mbeo
07 - Otenga
08 - Piny Agonda
Music Style(s)
African
Age Suitability
Teen , Young Adult , Thirty-Something
Ethics
Ethically Produced