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Cesaria Evora, a Cape Verdean with a rich alto voice, has been described as a cross between Edith Piaf and Billie... more

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  Cesaria

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  • Posted:May-26-2004

  • Cesaria's voice is so lush
  • Cesaria is to this style of music what Ralph Stanley is to bluegrass. Both imbue their music with their life experiences and give us something more than mere musical recitation of words.

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A Unique Band of Rare Musical Quality and Massive Cultural Impact. Includes the Song "Nak Assarhagh" which Doesn't... more

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  Aman Iman: Water is Life

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  • Posted:Jun-20-2008

  • Found it from Arts Sound FM in Canberra
  • I listened to it on the radio so I logged on and downloaded some songs. How cool are they! First time I've gone to the trouble of logging on to Amazon. Think I'll download some more. Reminds me of...
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These soul-stirring melodies and vibrant grooves from the Garifuna community of Central America unite the musical... more

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  W?tina

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  • Posted:Jul-08-2008

  • Excellent, fresh and original, spiritual in parts
  • Wonderful offering of distinct rhythms from the Garifuna culture of Central America. Andy himself participated in more danceable, electric Garifuna music (such as Punta) earlier in his career....
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Release Date: 1990-03-16, Audio CD, Capitol more

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  Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World

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  • Posted:Sep-02-2007

  • Best Clegg ever
  • I wore out my first copy and had to replace it. Absolutely love the album.
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Release Date: 2005-08-09, Audio CD, Wrasse Records more

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Release Date: 2007-03-13, Audio CD, Sheer Legacy more

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Unlike Mar Azul or earlier releases Miss Perfumado and Cesaria Evora, which were largely collections of the... more

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  Cafe Atlantico

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  • Posted:Jan-06-2009

  • Cafe Atlantico
  • I went to see Cesaria Evora perform in Berkeley a few months ago.
    My boyfriend and I had forgotten how sweet her singing was.
    He wanted to go out and buy 1 CD of her music. Through...
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  • Posted:Oct-09-2000

  • Cafe Music Cuban Style
  • Cesaria is a great and powerful songstress, and this album is quite a departure from her previous works. Whereas her previous works all centered around Portugese inspired music something called...
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  • Posted:Jun-22-2000

  • Mantovani meets Miss Perfumado
  • I first heard "Miss Perfumado" a few years back, and could not believe my ears. This was something new and wonderful. Cesaria Evora has a beautiful voice and a style all her own, one that shines...
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Release Date: 2002-09-24, Audio CD, RCA Victor more

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  The Very Best of Cesaria Evora

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  • Posted:Aug-26-2007

  • I first heard Ms. Evora on Link TV - so I bought this cd
  • The first song I ever heard from this woman was "Angola", a video played on Link TV. I knew then I had to buy this music. Before I did, however, I downloaded a few samples which convinced me to...
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  • Posted:Aug-30-2005

  • Be careful!
  • Good music, indeed, but be careful. I would recommed her "Anthologie: Mornas & Coladeras" (double CD) better.
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  • Posted:Dec-14-2004

  • Cesaria Fans Stay away as far as you can
  • I am giving 2 stars only because I immensely adore Cesaria Evora.
    Magical voice, terrible compilation.
    Normally you buy very best albums because you don't want to pay top dollars for...
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"Little Patience" is the culmination of his life's work. Majek truly sings from the soul about the political and... more

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  Little Patience

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  • Posted:Jun-27-2007

  • Wow!
  • One word -- WOW! This CD is one of the best reggae CDs ever made. I have been a fan of Fashek since the 1980s. His voice and lyrics are beautiful, but they come together on this CD like never...
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Quite possibly the most beautiful and influential West African record ever released internationally, Juju Music... more

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  Juju Music

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  • Posted:Oct-04-2007

  • Lovely Mulitilayed Music.
  • Everything is multi layered in King Sunny Ade's juju music. Meshed guitar riffs, horn lines and drums add up to a prismatic funk behind Mr. Ade's gently determined voice; even his lyrics are...
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Release Date: 1990-10-25, Audio CD, Warner Bros / Wea more

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  Journey of Dreams

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  • Posted:Sep-21-2006

  • Sublimely fantastic
  • LBM does another great job of amazing harmonies and emotional lyrics. This is another homerun of superb African choral music.
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A remastered collection of the prized late '70s-early '80s recordings of the string quartet called African Virtuoses,... more

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  The Classic Guinean Guitar Group

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  • Posted:Mar-03-2008

  • Musical Excellence
  • Some folks may denigrate this music by trying to catergorize it WORLD or somesuch nonsense and putting it off in a corner. This is simply musical excellence.
    
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The North African nation of Morocco possesses a diverse music scene, where traditional and popular styles collide and... more

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  The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco

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  • Posted:Jul-30-2008

  • Excellent, compelling music
  • One of the best of the Rough Guides, this is all excellent music. Moroccan music turns out to be more than just Arabic music. Here we have two Arabic/Andalusian tracks, from the Arabic classical...
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Release Date: 2006-11-01, Audio CD, Disc Az France more

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  Jammu Africa

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  • Posted:Jul-13-2008

  • Accomplished and soulful, graced by Marianne!
  • Four and a half stars! The title track that opens the album is meandering, intense and mournful like a torch song. The expressive solo voice occasionally reaches into the higher registers,...
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Release Date: 2002-07-30, Audio CD, Sony more

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  Drums of Passion

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  • Posted:Sep-01-2008

  • Both of my copies won't play!
  • I bought two copies, one for a friend and we can't get either to work. I think I waited too long to return them also. It says it's for Super Audio CD Players Only. What does that mean? It won't...
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20 songs from the two-decade career of one of the world's music greats, including 'Vulin'dlela' which was voted 'Song... more

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  Greatest Hits

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  • Posted:Apr-20-2008

  • Great Afro Pop
  • Many years ago, a friend of mine gave me a tape of African music which has since long deteriorated. One of my favorite songs was called "Amalahle" performed by Brenda and the Big Dudes, although I...
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  • Posted:Feb-11-2006

  • This Collection is OK, but could be MUCH Better!
  • I am a World Music DJ who specializes in African dance music. I love Brenda Fassie- her voice is amazing- and I especially like the 5 or so CD's she released just before her untimely death. This...
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The Zulu a cappella ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, named for their hometown and for the Zulu word for "axe," was... more

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  The Warner Brothers Collection

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  • Posted:Sep-18-2008

  • Wonderful Music
  • This was my first purchase of Ladysmith Black Mambazo after hearing they sing with Josh Groban. As an individual CD I found it fantastic and recommend it to anyone interested in honest, clear,...
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2002 compilation contains the very first recordings from the Blue Notes. The legendary South African jazz combo then... more

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  Township Bop

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  • Posted:Nov-06-2003

  • Essential in the history of jazz
  • Chris McGregor, a white man, and five black men produced eminently listenable jazz--accurately dubbed "Township Bop"--way back in 1964, when such music, produced by an integrated band, was thought...
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Release Date: 1989-08-07, Audio CD, Mango more

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  Ali Farka Toure

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  • Posted:Aug-06-2005

  • Totally amazingopolis
  • This bad boy rocks the party, not in a violent, infantile way, but in a gentle, solicitous, cradle swaying manner. Not that the party would then fall asleep or anything, such kind of lie restfully,...
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  • Posted:Jul-11-2003

  • Not as good as Talking Timbuktu
  • Ali Farka Toure best remains Talking Timbuktu, but this one is definitely worth having.

    For some reason, A.F.T. is flacked as if his music is the source of the blues. Talk to any bluesmen who...

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Release Date: 2004-03-02, Audio CD, Sony more

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  7 Seconds: The Best of Youssou N'Dour

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  • Posted:Mar-01-2008

  • Not really a 'best of" album
  • Since the songs for this album are taken from only three album, it is very misleading to call it a best of album. There are three songs unavailable anywhere else on the CD and three songs from the...
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  • Posted:May-30-2004

  • AWSOME!
  • I found out about Yousou N'Dour while doing a report on the country "senegal"(where he was born). I wrote about him for famous people and he sounded cool so i got his cd. I was BLOWN AWAY. Even...
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