List Price: £24.99 (GBP)
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- Artist : Various Artists
- Binding : Audio CD
- EAN : 0605633900125
- Format : Box set
- Label : World Music Network
- Manufacturer : World Music Network
- Number Of Discs : 4
- Package Dimensions : 1.75 inches (Height) x 5.75 inches (Length) x 0.95 pounds (Weight) x 5.00 inches (Width)
- Product Group : Music
- Publisher : World Music Network
- Release Date : 2001-09-20
- SKU : mon0002998032_loc
- Studio : World Music Network
- UPC : 605633900125
A continent in a box? Well, a vivid taste of one: The Rough Guides to Africa--repackaging four of their previous compilations--will certainly reinforce this label's market dominance. So a big hand for the Rough Guide to Congolese Soukous, and those to Senegal & Gambia and South Africa: the fourth CD--the Rough Guides Collection--is a canny pointer to further Guides elsewhere. And while my own favourite Rough Guide compilations are excluded--Unwired: Africa and Mali & Guinea--the ones we have here are still superb. Senegal & Gambia may now be a known quantity--Cheikh Lo, Baaba Maal, Orchestra Baobab and Youssou N'Dour--the tracks are no less beguiling for that (and N'Dour's comes from his pre-Peter Gabriel heyday). But listen to Congolese Soukous and you'll find magical things which never made it to western stages: starting with the late great Franco, and moving on through a plethora of now-period bands specialising in tumbling guitar riffs, this disc is imbued with a gentle swing and discreet virtuosity unique to this part of Africa. Meanwhile South Africa reaches way back into the past--to Solomon Linda's mega-hit from the 1930s--and incorporates everyone from jazz-diva Miriam Makeba and reggae-king Lucky Dube to the chanting Boyoyo Boys and the Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It also points up how close South African jazz is to its American counterpart. And when you finally get round to listening to the Rough Guides Collection, you'll be pulled in a dozen directions more. --Michael Church
- Amazon.co.uk Review
Tracks:
Disc 1
- 1: Jeuness Senegal - Cheikh Lo
- 2: Nguisstal - Assane Ndiaye & Le Raam Daan
- 3: Loodo - Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck
- 4: Mouhamadou Bamba - Orchestra Baobab
- 5: Bitillo - Tata Dingding Jobarteh
- 6: Salimata - Ifang Bondi
- 7: Letter - Youssou N'Dour
- 8: Wango Arti - Baaba Maal
- 9: Kairaba Jabi - Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh
- 10: Diamano Bifoula/Hal Ma Ti Wouna - Malang Mane
- 11: Taar Doucey - Ismael Lo
- 12: Aminatta - Mass Lowe
- 13: Yelayo - Mansour Seck
Disc 2
- 1: Cooperation - Franco & Sam Mangwana
- 2: Amie Mamibo - Zaiko Langa Langa
- 3: Loi - Koffi Olomide
- 4: Sai - Kanda Bongo Man
- 5: Sarah - Tabu Ley 'Rochereau'
- 6: Marie Jose - Ry-Co Jazz
- 7: La Vie - Deyess Mukangi
- 8: Naji - Pepe Kalle & Rigo Star
- 9: Sanga Mbele Mbele - Thu Zahina
- 10: Overdose - Papa Wemba
- 11: M Cherie - Nouvelle Generation De La Republique Democratique
- 12: Bilanga - Yondo Sister Et Le Groupe Planete
Disc 3
- 1: Nigizongena Kanjani - Izingqungqulu Zomhlaba
- 2: Nyamphemphe - Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
- 3: Groovin' Jive No. 1 - Noise Khanyile & The Jo'burg City Stars
- 4: House Of Exile - Lucky Dube
- 5: Motherland - Yvonne Chaka Chaka
- 6: My Kind Of Jazz - Tebogo
- 7: Meva - Spokes Mashiyane
- 8: Jive Township - African Jazz Pioneers
- 9: Yaze Yangala - The Elite Swingsters
- 10: Celebration - Bheki Mseleku
- 11: Ungithatha Kanjani - West Nkosi
- 12: Udlame - Soul Brothers
- 13: Tsotsi - Boyoyo Boys
- 14: Inkomo Zodwa - Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks
- 15: Mbube - Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
- 16: Kangivumanga - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Disc 4
- 1: Get Together - Tony Allen
- 2: Loi - Koffi Olomide
- 3: Mahanhela - Mabulu
- 4: Joe Le Taxi - Sharleene Boodram
- 5: Jaro - Impact All Stars
- 6: En Guantanamo - Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro
- 7: Mabarane - Sheer All Stars
- 8: Pyar Ka Hai Bairi - Sangeeta
- 9: Akata Sun Dunchi - Takashi Hirayasu/Bob Brozman
- 10: James Bond Theme - The Surf Champlers
- 11: Griogal Cridhe - Mac-talla
- 12: Maggio - Riccardo Tesi/Banditaliana
- 13: Antin Mikko - JPP
- 14: Bassa - Momo Wandel Soumah
- 15: Salimata - Ifang Bondi
- 16: Que Pena - Samuelito Almonte Y Su Conjunto Tipico
- 17: The Secrets Of The Life Tree - Kroke
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