MUSIC FROM THE NEW ALBUM FROM KANAZOE, CLOTILDE RULLARD, ABDOULAYE TRAORE, BOUBACAR DJIGA AND ACHILLE NACOULMA ON THE STREETS OF BURKINA FASO, 'KA NANA YE' MEANS 'IT'S NOT ALL GOING WELL', BUT WITH THE MEANING OF HOPING THAT 'THINGS WILL TURN OUT WELL'. THE ALBUM KANANAYÉ EMBODIES THIS SPIRIT AND OFFERS ESSENTIAL OPTIMISM. A STUDY IN PALMWINE MUSIC--THE OLDEST AFRICAN GUITAR TRADITION. AS A YOUTH AKA LEARNED THIS STYLE AS A MEMBER OF F. KENYA’S TOURING “CONCERT PARTY” BAND. NATHANIEL BRADDOCK LEARNED THE STYLE FROM AKA, AS WELL AS FROM THE PATRIARCH OF GHANA MUSIC, KOO NIMO WITH WHOM NATHANIEL HAS WORKED SINCE 2013. HE FRENCH-ALGERIAN SINGER, CELLIST AND SONGWRITER NESRINE IS A STORYTELLER, A "SCHEHERAZADE", FOR OUR TIME. AND HER ALBUM "KAN YA MAKAN" – THE ARABIC WORD FOR "ONCE UPON A TIME" – HAS SOMETHING OF THE FEEL OF A MODERN "TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS". AND MOONCHILD SANELLY XHOSA SINGER FROM SOUTH AFRICA WITH HER BLUE HAIR AND THE FUTURE-GHETTO FUNK ON HER ALBUM FULL MOON.
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