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Sierra leone's Refugee All Stars
Cumbancha
World | Oct 2012

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2012-10-21
West African roots reggae/Congolese soukous, their third CD
Met in a refugee camp in Guinea and subject of a documentary film.
1: 1:22 mid tempo percussion/guitar/electronics noodling
***2: 6:07 pounding fast dance number
***3: 5:16 pounding fast dance number, horns & keyboard
4: 2:05 nice fast percussion with male vocals
5: 3:44 big bass, roots reggae, male vocals
6: 4:07 fast Congolese soukous
7: 7:04 fast Congolese soukous
8: 2:15 nice fast percussion with male vocals
****9: 7:51 fast fast funky afrobeat/soukous, GREAT percussion
***10: 5:36 fast percussion with electronics, male vocals
***11: 3:01 cool throaty male vocals, mid fast reggae
12: 0:58 nice percussion with male chants
13: 4:43 fast soukous with male vocals
14: 5:19 mid tempo roots reggae
15: 4:21 slow to mid roots reggae
16: 1:04 fast nice percussion with male chants, fades at end.

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Track listing

1. Chant It Down
2. Gbara Case
3. Mother In Law
4. Gombay Interlude: Rain Come Sun Come
5. Reggae Sounds The Message
6. Mampama
7. Kali
8. Gombay Interlude: Papa Franco
9. Man Muyu
10. Toman Teti M'ba Akala
11. Big Fat Dog
12. Gombay Interlude: Shake Your Body
13. Yesu Gorbu
14. Work It Brighter
15. Remake The World Again
16. Gombay Interlude:A'salamaleichem