Ade, King Sunny - Live Live Juju CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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15-MOCCD 14062
For a good number of years in the 80s, one of the great acts that you could catch was King Sunny Ade and his Africa Beats, from Nigeria, who were being sponsored by a major label, trying to break him out BIG in the USA like they did a decade earlier with Bob Marley.
Well, it didn’t happen, but I saw him and he was fantastic so entertaining and now if you were there, you can be reminded of what it was like and if you weren’t there, you can still catch a good sniff of the greatness!
“There are so many styles of music throughout Africa that it would be difficult for a Westerner to know where to start. This live album by King Sunny Ade would be a good place, for many reasons. What is Juju music? It is a lively style rooted in the interaction between elaborate percussion and guitars, and between the rollicking guitar lines and the grooving drums. This live performance of his North American tour brings the rhythmic sounds and electric guitars of Nigerian Juju music to your enjoyment. This is African guitar and drums at their very best, a kinetic whirlwind of rhythms that is riveting to listen to. Along with West African music here is a great recording of this modern African heritage.”
- LabelMusic on CD
- UPC8718627233122