Bolo / Bolo
Album: Bolo   Collection:World
Artist:Bolo   Added:Jul 2015
Label:Bolo Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-07-24 Pull Date: 2015-09-25 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 27 Sep 20 Sep 13 Sep 6 Aug 30 Aug 23 Aug 16 Aug 9
Airplays: 2 4 2 1 3 5 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 14, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 26, 2015)
Buzz
4. Jun 26, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Aug 8, 2015)
Sunshine
2. Aug 07, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 19, 2015)
Mahini Mei
5. Jun 19, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Aug 1, 2015)
Xango
3. Jul 10, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Aug 22, 2015)
Nah-Ee-Nah
6. May 31, 2016: It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood
Nah-Ee-Nah

Album Review
Kamla Bhatt
Reviewed 2015-07-20
BOLO is the self-titled debut album by Bolo consisting of 3 musicians. Each one of the band members brings different musical & spiritual influence to this album. This is a fusion of music from Africa, India & US & is spiked with jazz & soul. Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco was a significant source of influence as was Jai Uttal, the San Francisco bay area bhajan singer.

BOLO also means “talk” in Hindi and I wonder if that is where the name of the self-titled
album is drawn from.

Play any track. They all work.

1. Xongo is a tribute to a Yoruba diety of West Africa. Interesting vocals.
2. Interesting fusion of bansuri or Indian flute with West African harp that forms the music bed for a a bhajan or Indian prayer or spiritual song. Beautiful.
3. Soulful vocal that starts slow & mid-way changes course & the musicians pick up their pace & tempo. Very nice.
4. Fast-faced track with an acoustic sound.
5. Haunting opening notes on the flute. Slow & mesmerizing & turns into a fast-paced tune.
6. Malian/Indian/Middle East influence in the opening chords & then the vocals kick in.
7. Beautiful & soothing with some vocals. Mix of West African/Indian.
8. Wonderful & infectious with a vocal line from Ali Farka Toure. Mix of West Africa/Middle East

Kamla July 2015

Track Listing
1. Xango   5. Khol
2. Sunshine   6. Greetings
3. Kothbiro   7. Nah-Ee-Nah
4. Buzz   8. Mahini Mei