Nawal / Kweli
Album: Kweli   Collection:World
Artist:Nawal   Added:Sep 2005
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-10-09 Pull Date: 2005-12-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 4 Nov 27 Nov 20 Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30 Oct 23 Oct 16
Airplays: 2 4 1 3 4 4 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 15, 2015: 788216
Kweli
4. Dec 11, 2005: New World Disorder
Dunia Udjissa
2. Oct 24, 2006: At the Cafe Bohemian
Al Djalilu
5. Nov 29, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Sana
3. Jan 06, 2006: No Cover, No Minimum: World Countdown
Sana
6. Nov 27, 2005: New World Disorder
Mwaha Mwema

Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2005-10-04
She’s originally from the Comoros Islands (in the Indian Ocean, off the Eastern coast of Africa), now based in France. She’s had to pin down. Indo-Arabian-Persian music with rhythms taken from the Sufi tradition, to which her family belongs. Plus some catchy Afro-European influenced-tracks. She’s a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, and seems to be danged good at all three.

*1. Downtempo, haunting mix of chants/perc/flute.
*2. Upbeat & playful w/persuasive percussion & good use of chorus.
*3. Bright up/midtempo w/great energy. So cool.
4. Sweet, lowkey, gentle & pretty. Ends w/live women’s chorus.
5. Good percussion/vocals. Mostly uptempo. Sweet.
*6. Relaxed midtempo groove. Cool Jacques Brel tune.
7. A capella track. Slow, nicely emotive. Short.
8. Sweet chorus, lazy. Good use of backing voices.
9. Slow, spare, chilled-out w/nice Arabic feeling.
10. Guitars/perc/vocals. Midtempo and sort of relaxing.
11. Slow and gentle w/soft strings/vocals/perc

Track Listing
1. Al Djalilu   6. Ces Gens-La
2. Sana   7. Karibu
3. Dunia Udjissa   8. Tsihuziwa Riali Anri
4. Naritsangagnihe   9. Kweli
5. Mwaha Mwema   10. Mwana Bahari Mwema
  11. Hegne