Nawal / Live Acoustic: Musee Dapper, Paris
| Album: | Live Acoustic: Musee Dapper, Paris | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nawal | Added: | Nov 2005 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-12-11 | Pull Date: | 2006-02-12 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 12 | Dec 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 08, 2006: | Afro Rhythms
Meditation |
3. | Dec 14, 2005: | Eels in the Loo
Hima |
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| 2. | Dec 16, 2005: | No Cover, No Minimum
Meditation |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2005-12-09
Reviewed 2005-12-09
NAWAL – “Live Acoustic: Musée Dapper, Paris”
Art et Moin, 2005
COMOROS – Hot on the heels of Nawal’s very fine album (Kweli), comes this little EP of live tracks recorded in Paris by an acoustic trio: Nawal on vocal, guitar, and gambusi (sort of like a banjo), plus bass and mbira/ percussion (plus a guest guitarist on #2). For the geographically challenged, Comoros is a small cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean, near the east coast of Africa. So there’s a laid-back Africanized vibe to the music. There’s also a long video on the disc, but this is radio so I don’t care.
Fo’s picks: 5, 2, 3
1. 3:08 – slow, just guitar/vocal. A serious sound with a bit of heartache.
2. 5:03 – mbira (thumb piano) pattern with steady guitar/bass, strong vocal.
3. 5:18 – tricky vocals, with relaxed guitar & booming bass; rough-edged, very live
4. 5:13 – midtempo: a loose, almost sloppy sound, faster drum/chanting at end
5. 5:36 – buzzy mbira/drum/guitar pattern, bowed bass, quiet spoken vox
[Fo] 12/9/05
Art et Moin, 2005
COMOROS – Hot on the heels of Nawal’s very fine album (Kweli), comes this little EP of live tracks recorded in Paris by an acoustic trio: Nawal on vocal, guitar, and gambusi (sort of like a banjo), plus bass and mbira/ percussion (plus a guest guitarist on #2). For the geographically challenged, Comoros is a small cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean, near the east coast of Africa. So there’s a laid-back Africanized vibe to the music. There’s also a long video on the disc, but this is radio so I don’t care.
Fo’s picks: 5, 2, 3
1. 3:08 – slow, just guitar/vocal. A serious sound with a bit of heartache.
2. 5:03 – mbira (thumb piano) pattern with steady guitar/bass, strong vocal.
3. 5:18 – tricky vocals, with relaxed guitar & booming bass; rough-edged, very live
4. 5:13 – midtempo: a loose, almost sloppy sound, faster drum/chanting at end
5. 5:36 – buzzy mbira/drum/guitar pattern, bowed bass, quiet spoken vox
[Fo] 12/9/05
Track Listing
| 1. | Shinda | 3. | Salama | |||
| 2. | Hima | 4. | Kweli 2 | |||
| 5. | Meditation | |||||