Nonesuch Explorer Series / Ghana: High-Life and Other Poc
Album: Ghana: High-Life and Other Poc   Collection:World
Artist:Nonesuch Explorer Series   Added:Jul 2003
Label:Nonesuch/Atlantic  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-09-08 Pull Date: 2003-11-10 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Nov 2 Oct 12 Sep 28 Sep 21 Sep 14
Airplays: 1 3 3 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 31, 2007: Baptism of Solitude (extended remix)
Bus Conductor
4. Oct 11, 2003: Morning Glory
Congo Beat
2. Sep 09, 2004: The Dog and Pony Show
Congo Beat
5. Oct 06, 2003: Fly By Night
Sugar Soup
3. Oct 28, 2003: At the Cafe Bohemian
Concomba
6. Sep 27, 2003: Morning Glory
Ebony

Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2003-09-02
Orig. released in 1969, great sampling of the popular music of Ghana. Everything from happy high-life party music to traditional folk songs. Read the notes. Great stuff.

1. Uptempo dance w/a happy sound.
*2. Shakers, male vox, perc. Mid-tempo & spare.
*3. Fun uptempo romp w/orchestral sound.
4. Drums in counterpoint. A great instrumental.
*5. Happy, happy high-life w/a calypso feel.
6. Mid-tempo & light w/good percussion.
*7. An uptempo Afro-jazz jam for horns/perc. Great drum break.
8. Forest sounds, flutes, perc, chorus. From quiet to dramatic.
9. Another bouncy high-life track.
10. A jazzy, big-band sound. Mid-tempo. Cool vibes.
11. Mid-tempo w/male vox singing in Ga.
12. Light & swaying w/orchestra, chorus. Good percussion.
13. Mid-tempo w/percussion, chorus. Kind of catchy.
Sept. 2003

Track Listing
1. Sugar Soup   8. Echoes of the African Forest
2. Down the Congo   9. Bus Conductor
3. Saturday Night   10. Ebony
4. Drum Festival   11. Kenya Sunset
5. Concomba   12. Awuben
6. Beyond Africa   13. Akudonno
7. Congo Beat   .