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Alhaji Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, and Ma Lamini Jobate Perform ‘Gambian Griot Kora Duets’
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Alhaji Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, and Ma Lamini Jobate Perform ‘Gambian Griot Kora Duets’

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 / 29 January 2020

Over 40 years after its original release, Gambian Griot Kora Duets remains blissfully exciting. It's available on vinyl this Friday.

Oumar Konate: Addoh
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Oumar Konate: Addoh

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 / 9 September 2014
Plenty of grinding jangle on the debut solo album from this talented Malian guitarist.
Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate: Faya
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Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate: Faya

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 / 13 May 2014
Excitement and speed is OK, but the whole thing seems so hollow.
Mamani Keita: Kanou
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Mamani Keita: Kanou

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 / 26 February 2014
Kanou is a pop-rock album and it's also an impatient album. It never uses four seconds to get a motif across if it can do it in three.
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Arnaldo Antunes / Edgard Scandurra / Toumani Diabaté: A Curva da Cintura

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 / 30 July 2012
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Madina N’Diaye: Bimogow

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 / 22 August 2011
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Toubab Krewe: Live at the Orange Peel

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 / 15 April 2009
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Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze:Sira

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 / 15 January 2009
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Seckou Keita Quintet, SKQ: The Silimbo Passage

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 / 13 October 2008
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Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko: Africa to Appalachia

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 / 1 October 2008