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The world music-minded producer
gets a hold of
here and lo, the sleeping volcano erupts with one of his most fulfilling albums in many a year.
is rooted in, but not exclusively devoted to, African idioms, as the overpowering hip-hop groove of
points out. But the record really develops into something special when
pits his mighty tenor sound against the pan-African beats, like the ecstatically joyful rhythms of "Tomoki" and the poised, percolating fusion of American country & western drums and Nigerian juju guitar riffs on "Country Mile." In addition, "Nozipho" is a concentrated dose of the old
, heavily spiritual and painfully passionate, with a generous supply of the tenor player's famous screeching rhetoric, and kora virtuoso
shows up on "Kumba" with a touch of village Gambian music. This resurrection will quicken the pulse of many an old
fan. ~ Richard S. Ginell