Gouirand, Doudou / Les Racines Du Ciel
Album: Les Racines Du Ciel   Collection:World
Artist:Gouirand, Doudou   Added:Nov 2002
Label:Francophonie Diffusion  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-01-20 Pull Date: 2003-03-24 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Mar 2 Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9 Feb 2 Jan 26
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 05, 2014: Music Casserole
Digya
4. Mar 27, 2003: Spherical Sounds
Sahel
2. Jan 29, 2005: Morning Glory
Les Racines Du Ciel
5. Feb 25, 2003: At the Cafe Bohemian
Chaman
3. Jun 21, 2003: Morning Glory
Les Racines Du Ciel
6. Feb 22, 2003: Mais non peut-etre
Sahel

Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2003-01-08
Great Afro-jazz exploration for kora, horns, percussion, and voice. Fairly low-key, but nicely played and kind of swinging. The instrumentals are especially good.

*1. Relaxed jazz intro, kora, vocals. Nice.
*2. Cool female vox, sweet jazz accents from band.
3. More upbeat w/a Cuban-influenced percussion & nice sax.
4. Guitar-driven instrumental. Smooth (in a good way).
*5. Nice interplay in this instrumental. Mid-tempo.
6. Slow, rich gospel vocal piece. Sax interlude. Just OK.
7. Upbeat jazz beginning w/list of African nations.
*8. Sweet instrumental w/some nice organ/flute/sax/bass work.
*9. Swinging instrumental w/well-played shifts of instruments.
10. Hip-hop in French & Arabic w/organ/kora/drums.
1/2003

Track Listing
1. Sahel   6. Smiles
2. Chaman   7. Desert Runner/Amazwe
3. Les Racines Du Ciel   8. Digya
4. Sunrise in Segou   9. Kaira
5. Borrigo   10. Digya/L'espoir (Remix)