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King Sunny Adé
Bábá mo Túndé
(IndigeDisc)
With his regal nickname
and his rep as one of Africa’s most important
musical figures, Nigeria’s King Sunny Adé
should really be far better known in America
than as an exotic novelty first introduced
here in the early 1980s. As they say, though,
what goes around comes around, and considering
the recent rise of both Afrobeat and
jam-band cultures, it seems an opportune
time for the legendary guitarist/singer to
reach an entire new generation.
The two-CD Bábá mo Túndé, his first
new studio work in 10 years, gives the now
64-year-old jùjú master a fine calling card to
offer young ears, as it’s filled with the kind of
open-ended, free-flowing performances that
have always marked his marathon concerts
but have rarely been captured on recordings.
With a small army of percussionists churning
away underneath, Adé, abetted by American
keyboardists Joe Doria and Wayne Horvitz,
Hints of the Cure, the Sisters of Mercy, and
the Psychedelic Furs scuttle along the floorboards
as tempos turn sluggish. The band
ends things in hangover mode — which is unfair,
since it didn’t throw much of a party.
— ROB O’CONNOR 10/01/10
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