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"Babylone" from Boomerang
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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Boston.com, Senegalese trio Daara J brings rap back to its African roots  05/21/06 >> read article >> go there
NPR's All Things Considered, Interview by Michele Norris  05/20/05 >> go there
New York Times, Lincoln Center Goes A-Courting  07/12/05 >> read article >> go there
Newsweek, The 'Boomerang' Effect  07/25/05 >> read article
New York Times, CD Review  05/15/05 >> read article
Billboard, Live 8 Expands with Afrca Calling  06/15/05 >> read article >> go there
The New York Times, Thin Men Can Dance With a Jack of All Musical Trades  07/16/05 >> read article >> go there
Newsday, The 'Boomerang' Effect  07/25/05 >> read article >> go there
Illinois Entertainer, Live Review  07/18/05 >> read article >> go there
Newsday (Nassau Edition), Tapping rap's African roots  06/26/05 >> read article
U-San Bernadino Sun, From Africa to America  07/25/05 >> read article >> go there
San Francisco Gate, Turning the Tables  07/24/05 >> read article >> go there
WORLD MUSIC REVIEW, Connecting Africa, U.S. through musical dialogue  07/26/05 >> read article >> go there
The Record, The Hip-Hop of Hope  07/08/05 >> read article
Star-Ledger, From Live 8 to Lincoln Center  07/08/05 >> read article
Festivals, Africa Calling  06/15/05 >> read article >> go there
Metro, What is tasso?  06/17/05 >> read article
Newsday, Tapping rap’s African roots  06/26/05 >> read article >> go there
NY Times, CD Review  05/15/05 >> read article >> go there
NPR's All Things Considered, Exploring African Hip-Hop  12/03/04 >> read article >> go there
Jahworks, Bling My Soul  08/16/05 >> read article >> go there
North Coast Journal, On a Mission  08/11/05 >> read article >> go there
SF Bay View, An interview with Abu Fatah Seck or Faada Freddy of Daara J  08/17/05 >> read article >> go there
The Oregonian, Five Live: Music  07/29/05 >> read article >> go there
Dublinks, Festival of World Cultures Musical Delights  08/26/05 >> read article >> go there
San Francisco Examiner, Daara J with Femi Kuti  07/27/05 >> read article >> go there
Reader, CD Review  07/15/05 >> read article
Pasadena Weekly, CD Review  07/21/05 >> read article
San Francisco Chronicle, Turning the tables  07/24/05 >> read article
Time Out Chicago, CD Review  07/14/05 >> read article
Illinois Entertainer, Transcending Boundaries  08/01/05 >> read article
KEXP Radio, Radio Review  08/30/05 >> read article >> go there
The Bulletin , Around the World and Back   07/29/05 >> read article
Press-Telegra, From Africa to AMerica  07/22/05 >> read article
urb.com, Concert Review  07/24/05 >> read article >> go there
The Capital Times, Speaking of Daara J  01/26/06 >> read article >> go there
Tonight, MTV bases its first party on Africa   02/22/06 >> read article >> go there
Barnes and Noble and AMG, CD Review  06/14/05 >> read article >> go there
NOW Magazine, Senegalese threats bring hiphop back to Africa  07/14/05 >> read article >> go there
NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, Director's Cuts Music Picks for the Holidays  11/28/04 >> go there
Time Out NY, CD Review  11/11/04 >> read article
Time Out, Daara J Cargo Sat  03/04/04 >> read article
NPR's All Songs Considered, Featured on NPR's online music show, Episode 75  12/08/04 >> go there
World Beat Canada, CD Review  05/20/05 >> read article
Pitchfork, Tour Preview  05/05/05 >> read article >> go there
Austin Chronicle, Best SXSW Showcase  03/25/05 >> read article >> go there
LA Times, LA Times Top 10   12/19/04 >> read article >> go there
PRI's The World, Global Hit (Audio)  12/10/04 >> read article >> go there
XLR8R, Africa Raps Back  12/01/05 >> read article
XLR8R, CD Review  11/01/04 >> read article
Global Rhythm, Hip-Hop's Round Trip  07/01/04 >> read article
Body + Soul, CD Review  05/01/05 >> read article
Rolling Stone, Wyclef Makes "Musician"  05/18/05 >> read article >> go there
San Francisco Chronicle, World music goes truly international by mixing up sounds  04/02/05 >> read article >> go there
Planet Magazine, Review  06/01/05 >> read article
Playbill Arts, Excerpt from Festival Arts: Lincoln Center Festival unveils its 2005 season  04/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Playbill Arts, Festival Arts  04/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Village Voice, Soundbombing from Senegal  03/29/05 >> read article >> go there
Village Voice, The Sound of The City  03/29/05 >> read article >> go there
Daily News, CD Review  03/27/05 >> read article
Austin Chronicle, Planet Rock  03/25/05 >> read article >> go there
Austin Chronicle, Concert Notice  03/18/05 >> read article >> go there
am New York, Socially conscious rap  03/16/05 >> read article
Record Online, From Handel to hip-hop  03/10/05 >> read article >> go there
Guardian Unlimited, Out of Africa  02/24/05 >> read article >> go there
Scotsman, Rebels of the soul blast open clichéd image of world music  02/22/05 >> read article >> go there
Financial Times, A blast of African energy  02/22/05 >> read article >> go there
Telegraph, Review  02/17/05 >> read article >> go there
Amazon, CD Review  02/06/05 >> read article >> go there
The Beat, The Best of 2004  01/01/05 >> read article
Illinois Entertainer, CD Review  01/01/05 >> read article
Toledo City Paper, New Circles  12/09/04 >> read article >> go there
Relix Magazine, CD Review  12/01/04 >> read article
Musikfan.com, CD Review  11/30/04 >> read article >> go there
Toronto Sun, CD Review   11/25/04 >> read article
East Bay Express, The Best Records of 2004  11/24/04 >> read article >> go there
Montreal Gazette, CD Review  11/11/04 >> read article
Planet Magazine, CD Review  11/02/04 >> read article >> go there
Afropop.org, CD review by Derek Beres  10/27/04 >> go there
Philadelphia Daily News, CD Review  10/19/04 >> read article >> go there
St. Paul Pioneer Press, CD Review  10/19/04 >> read article >> go there
Milwaukee Journal, CD Review  10/18/04 >> read article
Colorado Springs Gazette, CD Review  10/04/04 >> read article >> go there
Village Voice, Eddytor's Dozen  09/28/04 >> go there
Newsweek, Rap With a Conscience; Activist groups thrive in Senegal's best neighborhoods   03/22/04 >> read article
Untold, Senerap  09/25/03 >> read article
Music Industry News Network, From The South Bronx To Goree, Hip Hop Boomerangs Back To Africa   03/18/05 >> read article
World Rhythm, CD Review  04/01/05 >> read article
Insideworldmusic.com, CD Review  12/13/04 >> read article >> go there
Sunday Herald, Continental riffs  02/27/05 >> read article >> go there
Independent, Daara J: It's a hip-hop revolution  11/28/03 >> read article >> go there
Observer, Record of the month: September 2003  09/01/03 >> read article >> go there
The Evening Standard, Africa's hip-hop heroes  02/27/04 >> read article
Record of the Day, Review  03/17/05 >> read article
The Charlotte Observer, Austin music fest is a manic medley  03/24/05 >> read article >> go there
Star-Telegram, These bands could be the next big things  03/11/05 >> read article >> go there