African Blues

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B000006NY6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,798 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Talibe - Ismaiel Lo

2. Mounaissa - Rokia Traore

3. A Va Safy Va Lomo - Orch Marrabenta Star De Mocambique

4. Mansa - Super Rail Band

5. Paulette - Balla Et Ses Balladins

6. Maggie - Alick Nkhata

7. Omulanga Wamuka - Henry Makobi

8. Heygana - Ali Farka Toure

9. Ndinderere - Stella Rambisai Chiweshe

10. Shams Esh'shamusa - Hamza El Din

11. N'Sangou - Antoine Moundanda Likembe Geant

12. Mouso Teke Soma Ye - Boubacar Traore

13. Kankan Blues Extract - Kante Manfila & Balla Kalla

14. Miss Perfumado Live - Cesaria Evora

15. Saa Magni - Oumou Sangare

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of African music, March 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: African Blues (Audio CD)

I really like most of the rough guide African series I've heard and this is one of the best. Most of the cuts are in a laid back mode (certainly they aren't blues in the traditional American sense) but it includes several really great cuts including Rokia Traore, Cesaria Evora and Oumou Sangare, three of the best-loved African women stars of the world music circuit. If you want to check out African music from throughout the continent this is a good selection of great tracks. (Another rough guide I really enjoyed was the Senegal/Gambia collection.)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Introducing African Music, August 20, 2000

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Saśl Wajskopf (Montevideo, Montevideo Uruguay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: African Blues (Audio CD)

Very interesting and original mixture of good music. I found clasic masterpieces (Ismael Lo, Cesaria Evora, Oumou Sangare) and many auochthonous melodies, perhaps only enjoyable for local people.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music you can return to again and again, September 2, 2011

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R. Golden (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: African Blues (Audio CD)

I've had this album for years, and have come back to it again and again over the years. My wife and now my kids love it, too. The songs are just so beautiful, and the production level is high on most tracks.