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Originally Posted by squash54
Thanks Nightfly,
I will check out your suggestions tonight and let you know my impressions with a post here soon after.
Squash
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Nightfly, I listened to the samplers (both very impressive productions) and have picked a couple of artists I will follow up. I might seek your guidance if I hit any snags in my search as I find
Emusic is something of a challenge when it comes to mining their catalog. For example, the genre labels are often completely off - soul labelled hip-hop etc. Also, the 30 second sample is very frustrating when you are trying to evaluate a performer you have never heard before.
What I am interested to discover is music that has been inspired by the raw African source and then adapted and fused with western music styles and instruments. A classic example is Paul Simon's 'Graceland' and songs like 'Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes' (with Ladysmith B M).
In fact, thanks to your recommend, I stumbled onto an album that was exactly what I had in mind. I found your recommends by typing 'Soweto' in the search box. As you would expect, it threw up a number of chioces including the ones I was looking for. After I had checked out the samplers my attention was drawn to an album on the list titled 'Blomster I Soweto' by Marianne Antonsen. I had a listen and my ears nearly fell off - a Norwegian lass with a soul voice I would walk barefoot over broken glass to hear - singing modern African music with a stunning African choir. It is easily near the top of the top 10 albums I have aquired this year. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
