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Nashville City Paper, CD Review >>
Miriam Makeba's been a star on the international circuit even longer than Burning Spear. She's divided her time between singing highlife, township, jazz, folk and pop numbers and being an anti-apartheid fighter and political activist since the '50s. Though banned from the airwaves in her native South Africa for decades, Makeba won a Grammy award with Harry Belafonte for a joint project during the '60s, and she's endured to see her homeland freed and her accomplishments celebrated around the world. Reflections (Heads Up) serves a career retrospective for the singer whose voice remains able to clearly and fully hit high notes, scat, work with or against rhythms, and function in many genres. Makeba's menu includes Brazilian compositions, African pieces and both French and English tunes, every one done masterfully. The selections also feature updated versions of two big Makeba hits, "Pata Pata" and "The Click Song," as well as surprise renditions of such songs as "I'm In Love With Spring," "Ring Bell" and "Love Tastes Like Strawberries." 06/18/04 >> go there
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