| Nawal / Kweli |
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| Album: | Kweli | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nawal | Added: | Sep 2005 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-10-09 | Pull Date: | 2005-12-11 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 4 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2015: | 788216 Kweli | 4. | Dec 11, 2005: | New World Disorder Dunia Udjissa | |
| 2. | Oct 24, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Al Djalilu | 5. | Nov 29, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Sana | |
| 3. | Jan 06, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum: World Countdown Sana | 6. | Nov 27, 2005: | New World Disorder Mwaha Mwema |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2005-10-04 | ||
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She’s originally from the Comoros Islands (in the Indian Ocean, off the Eastern coast of Africa), now based in France. She’s had to pin down. Indo-Arabian-Persian music with rhythms taken from the Sufi tradition, to which her family belongs. Plus some catchy Afro-European influenced-tracks. She’s a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, and seems to be danged good at all three. *1. Downtempo, haunting mix of chants/perc/flute. *2. Upbeat & playful w/persuasive percussion & good use of chorus. *3. Bright up/midtempo w/great energy. So cool. 4. Sweet, lowkey, gentle & pretty. Ends w/live women’s chorus. 5. Good percussion/vocals. Mostly uptempo. Sweet. *6. Relaxed midtempo groove. Cool Jacques Brel tune. 7. A capella track. Slow, nicely emotive. Short. 8. Sweet chorus, lazy. Good use of backing voices. 9. Slow, spare, chilled-out w/nice Arabic feeling. 10. Guitars/perc/vocals. Midtempo and sort of relaxing. 11. Slow and gentle w/soft strings/vocals/perc | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Al Djalilu | 6. | Ces Gens-La | |||
| 2. | Sana | 7. | Karibu | |||
| 3. | Dunia Udjissa | 8. | Tsihuziwa Riali Anri | |||
| 4. | Naritsangagnihe | 9. | Kweli | |||
| 5. | Mwaha Mwema | 10. | Mwana Bahari Mwema | |||
| 11. | Hegne | |||||