Mother Africa
World
| Jun 2012
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2012-11-25
Reviewed 2012-11-25
Traditional Yoruba music with Yoruba percussion and electric guitar from Nigeria recorded in 1977. The second of four albums originally on Afrodisia now rereleased on Knitting Factory. They toured with Ginger Baker and Sunny Ade. After a fall in their NYC apartment in the late 1980's that resulted in a spinal injury they retired from music. Since the rerelease of their albums they hope to tour again.They currently live in Harlem.
****1: 6:20 Fantastic talking drum with beautiful female vocals, mid tempo,
very minimal male spoken word
2: 6:36 slow to mid, percussion, vocals and clarinet??
****3: 6:38 faster, vocals/wail with very cool electric guitar groove
***4: 7:18 mid tempo, nice tremolo guitar, great vocals
****5: 5:44 fast, great vocals with electric guitar and great percussion
****6: 5:37 fast, percussion, great vocals, very nice e guitar
****1: 6:20 Fantastic talking drum with beautiful female vocals, mid tempo,
very minimal male spoken word
2: 6:36 slow to mid, percussion, vocals and clarinet??
****3: 6:38 faster, vocals/wail with very cool electric guitar groove
***4: 7:18 mid tempo, nice tremolo guitar, great vocals
****5: 5:44 fast, great vocals with electric guitar and great percussion
****6: 5:37 fast, percussion, great vocals, very nice e guitar
Recent airplay
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Osupa Ii
Aporeia (abridged) — Apr 24, 2014
Osupa 1
Music Casserole — Jan 12, 2013
Bayi L'ense
Franxisco Brouillard Must Stash — Jan 10, 2013
Osupa Ii
Franxico Brouillard Must Stash — Dec 27, 2012
Charting
2012-11-25 — 2013-01-27
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 13 | 2 |
| Dec 30 | 2 |
| Dec 23 | 1 |
| Dec 16 | 2 |
| Dec 9 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Osupa 1 | ||
| 2. | Iya Mi Jowo | ||
| 3. | Bayi L'ense | ||
| 4. | Orin Aro | ||
| 5. | Dibe Nuwa | ||
| 6. | Osupa Ii |