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"Kouco Solo" from West Africa: Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music
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"Djongo" from Burkina Faso: Savannah Rhythms
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Burkina Faso: Savannah Rhythms
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West Africa: Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music
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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Press-Telegram, Far From Broadway: Original sounds of South Pacific  05/20/03 >> read article
NPR's All Things Considered, interview with producer Stephen Jay  10/10/02 >> read article >> go there
NPR's All Things Considered, homage by David Byrne (of Talking Heads/Luaka Bop fame)  10/10/02 >> read article >> go there
New York Times, series feature  09/15/02 >> read article >> go there
Los Angeles Times, What to Look for in the New Year  12/27/02 >> read article
Wall Street Journal, Rediscovering World Music's Roots  04/29/03 >> read article
Boston Globe, Weekend / CD Report: Various Artists Africa--Nonesuch Explorer Series  12/13/02 >> read article
NPR's Fresh Air, review by rock critic Milo Miles (real audio)  11/19/02 >> go there
Savvy Traveler, Guessing game of tracks on "Animals of Africa"  02/15/03 >> go there
Islands Magazine, Of Monkey Chants and the Love God  04/01/03 >> read article
Planet Magazine, CD Review  03/01/03 >> read article
Whole Earth, CD Review  12/01/02 >> read article
Sound & Vision, They were the World  11/01/02 >> read article
All Songs Considered, Slide show and audio stream  11/11/02 >> go there
Signal to Noise, CD Review  04/01/03 >> read article >> go there
fROOTS, Feature  01/01/03 >> read article
San Francisco Chronicle, series feature  08/31/02 >> read article >> go there
The World (PRI), interview with producer Peter Siegel  08/15/02 >> read article >> go there
Chicago Reader, interview with producer Paul Berliner by Peter Margasak  09/20/02 >> read article >> go there
United Press International, Nonesuch Continues Explorer Reissues  01/13/03 >> read article
Whole Earth, Review  01/01/03 >> read article
Press-Telegram, Sounds of Africa: Treasure trove of exotic music from remote areas captured on recordings  03/13/03 >> read article >> go there
Boston Phoenix, series review  09/12/02 >> read article >> go there
Boston Phoenix, another series review  12/05/02 >> read article >> go there
Miami New Times, series feature  09/05/02 >> read article >> go there
Newsday, CDs That Save The World  01/26/03 >> read article >> go there
Afropop.org, review of "Shona Mbira Music"  11/01/02 >> read article >> go there
The Hartford Courant, review of Mbira releases  10/14/02 >> read article >> go there
RootsWorld.com, Feature  03/01/03
All About Jazz, review of Mbira releases  01/16/03 >> read article >> go there
Dr. Rhythm, series review  08/01/02 >> read article
Education Digest, review of "Ghana: High-Life and Other Popular Music"  10/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Education Digest, review of "Nubia: Escalay (The Water Wheel)"  10/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Toledo Blade, series review  09/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Dirty Linen, series review  12/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Sound & Vision, Review  11/01/02 >> read article
Stomp and Stammer, Review  12/01/02 >> read article
Global Rhythm , Journeys to the Roots of World Music  01/01/03 >> read article
Philadelphia Weekly, Buy These Records (CD Review)  12/11/02 >> read article
The Beat, State of the Heart  10/01/02 >> read article
Allaboutjazz.com, Ghana: High Life and Other Popular Music  02/10/03 >> go there
Allaboutjazz.com, Sounds of the Jungle, Plain, & Bush  02/06/03 >> go there
Allaboutjazz.com, Old World/New World  02/12/03 >> go there