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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Music Week, How the Tastemakers Viewed  12/25/04 >> read article
The Beat, Guinea's Bembeya  01/01/05 >> read article
Gazette, Some hot, some not Bembeya Jazz disappoints, but Maria de Barros turns Kola Note into a love fest  07/21/04 >> read article
Savvy Traveler (national radio), Bob Duskis of Six Degrees Records discusses Natacha Atlas and Bembeya Jazz  06/21/03 >> read article >> go there
Los Angeles Daily News, CD review  07/11/03 >> read article >> go there
Los Angeles Times, Crowd is moved by Guinean ensemble  08/04/03 >> read article >> go there
New York Times, From Guinea, a Guitar-Driven Band Mixes and Fuses Styles   08/19/03 >> read article >> go there
L.A. Weekly, CD Review  08/01/03 >> read article
Chicago Tribune, Bembeya Jazz is a Guinean treasure   08/22/03 >> read article
InRadio (audio magazine), Track feature  09/01/03 >> go there
Time Out NY, Preview  08/18/03 >> read article
Chicago Sun-Times, Concert Preview  08/29/03 >> read article
The Guardian (London), Today, west-African bands are celebrated across the world - all thanks to one music-mad president  07/03/03 >> read article
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, Jazz stylists still on beat after five decades  08/26/03 >> read article >> go there
Edmonton Journal, Band's members are tribal storytellers  08/10/03 >> read article
Easty Bay Express, CD Review  07/30/03 >> read article >> go there
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA, CD Review  08/15/03 >> read article
Isthmus, CD Review  08/08/03 >> read article >> go there
Toronto Star, .... Africa's Hottest Dance Band..  08/21/03 >> read article >> go there
Toronto Star, Bembeya Jazz on of Africa's Hottest Dance Bands  08/21/03 >> read article
Monday Magazine, Out of Africa  08/07/03 >> read article
Milwaukee Magazine, Concert Preview  08/01/03 >> read article
Vintage Guitar, CD review  11/01/03 >> read article
Miami New Times, In Search of   07/17/03 >> read article
Dr. Rhythm, Concert Review  08/31/03 >> read article
BBC, CD Review and Live Concert Stream  10/01/02 >> read article >> go there
BBC, Bembeya Jazz Live: Listen to their concert from London 2002  05/06/03 >> read article >> go there
San Fransico Chronicle, A Blast of Soul: Bembeya Jazz  06/22/03 >> read article >> go there
Mirror, CD Review  07/24/03 >> read article
Seattle Weekly, Diamond Rich  07/30/03 >> read article >> go there
Los Angeles Times, Crowd Moved by Guinean Ensemble  08/04/03 >> read article
Los Angeles Times, In search of salsa blends ... in Africa   05/18/03 >> read article >> go there
San Diego Union Tribune, CD Review  05/29/03 >> read article
The Beat Magazine, Old Africans Not Fade Away  07/01/03 >> read article
NOW, Toronto, Bembeya Big  08/21/03 >> read article
Beat, Amsterdam Roots Festival  09/01/02 >> read article
Jazzreview.com, CD Review  06/16/03 >> read article >> go there
Global Rhythm, Bembeya Jazz Bringing it All Back Home  06/01/03 >> read article
The New Yorker, Goings On About Town: Night Life  08/18/03 >> read article
Amazon.com, CD Review  05/22/03 >> read article >> go there
Afropop.org, Bembeya Jazz: Rebirth in 2002 (long interview with pix)  05/21/03 >> read article >> go there
Amazon.com, Editor's Pick: #1 International CD of 2003  11/20/03 >> read article >> go there
Afropop.org, Biography  01/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Relix, CD Review  08/01/03 >> read article
Philadelphia Inquirer, Concert Preview  07/25/02 >> read article
N'Digo, African Music Soars At The African Festival Of the Arts  08/28/03 >> read article
Illinois Entertainer, All That (African) Jazz  10/02/03 >> read article >> go there
The Beat, The Best of 2004  01/01/05 >> read article
East Bay Express, Concert Preview  07/30/03 >> read article >> go there
San Jose Mercury News, Zimbabwe's brightest stars  08/01/03 >> read article >> go there
Hartford Advocate, The Big Comeback  06/26/03 >> read article >> go there
Mojo, The Syliphone Years   03/01/05 >> read article
New York Press, Concert Preview  06/30/04 >> read article
Morning Call, Concert Preview  07/24/03 >> read article
The Japan Times, Bembeya Jazz  06/18/03 >> read article
The Beat Magazine, CD Review  06/01/03 >> read article
Jazz Times, CD Review  12/01/03 >> read article
Now (Toronto), Global goods: World music dazzles in Distillery District  07/01/04 >> read article
Milwaukee Journal, CD review  06/09/03 >> read article >> go there
Hartford Advocate, The Big Comeback: Guinean supergroup Bembeya Jazz returns   06/26/03 >> read article >> go there
FRoots, Oh Bembeya! (feature by Banning Eyre)  11/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Orlando Weekly, CD Review  06/05/03 >> read article >> go there
Guardian Unlimited, Concert Review  11/21/03 >> read article >> go there
Dr Rhythm, CD Review  04/01/03 >> read article
Zook Beat, CD review: Legends of African Music Reunite  06/14/03 >> read article >> go there
Sunday Telegraph (London), Concert review  06/29/03 >> read article
Dirty Linen, CD Review  12/01/04 >> read article
Jambands.com, CD Review  09/28/03 >> read article >> go there
CDroots.com, CD Review  01/01/03 >> read article >> go there
Mondomix.org, Artist Showcase  01/01/02 >> read article >> go there
Sun-Sentinel, Bembeya Jazz a real treat at Fete de la Musique  06/18/04 >> read article
The Blade (Toledo, OH), Pop Music Goes Global: International Influence Grows as Musical Barriers Fall  05/25/03 >> read article
All About Jazz, CD Review  07/09/03 >> read article >> go there
www.insideworldmusic.com, CD Review  07/24/03 >> read article >> go there
Washington Post, Bembeya Jazz  07/05/04 >> read article
Virginian-Pilot, Concert Preview  07/02/04 >> read article
Daily Gazette , Guinea's Bembeya Jazz plays Washington Park  07/20/04 >> read article
Times Union, Diabate and his band sparkle  07/20/04 >> read article
Metro Times, Concert of Colors: Metro Detroit's Diversity Festival  07/14/04 >> read article
Jazziz, African Storytelling, Old and New  11/01/04 >> read article
Chicago Reader, Concert Preview  07/09/04 >> read article
Urban Mozaik, CD Review  02/01/04 >> read article >> go there
Charlotte Observer, Jazz Basks in Sunset Glow  06/25/04 >> read article
Sun-Sentinel, World Beat  06/20/04 >> read article
Times-Picayune, Sound Advice: Our guide to the week's best bets  07/09/04 >> read article
Daily Telegraph (London), CD Review  11/20/04 >> read article
Newport News, VA, African Jazz Rhythms  07/02/04 >> read article
Tracks, CD Review  05/01/05 >> read article
Skokie Life, Concert Preview  06/01/04 >> read article
Harlem Irving Times (Morton Grove, IL), Preview  06/30/04 >> read article
San Diego Union-Tribune, Daring Do-ers -- Best of 2003  01/01/04 >> read article
Reviewer's Bookwatch, CD Review  07/01/03 >> read article >> go there
NPR's All Things Considered, CD review by Banning Eyre (Real Audio)  08/19/03 >> read article >> go there