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YellelaZena Bacar, the 'golden voice of Mozambique', is back with the return of Eyuphuro. After years of silence the original band members have reformed with other talented artists. Together with songwriter and singer Issufo Manuel, Bacar has written new songs full of melancholy and powerfull rhythm to create the long awaited comeback album, Yellela. 'A searing, gently upbeat celebration of life.' Songlines

Nalankobeh

Tony Allen incorporated more traditional elements

Oumar Barou Diallo on bass guitar

Afrobeat Revolution

Les Kamales' tenor nightingale Nyboma Mwandido and former Afrisa ace rhythm guitarist Bopol Mansiamina

Like the desert their music stretches out across the sands of time and culture

calabash and azakalabó (a calabash drum that floats in water) drums are all heard

'this has an authentic intimacy which some recordings of desert blues bands haven't had

After nine months

It was not until July - in the middle of a hectic tour of the USA and Europe - that the five herdsmen began recording Tarkat Tajje/Let's Move

with alto saxophonist Lekan Animashaun as musical director

This incredible alliance of a renowned maestro with a young rapper produces music bursting with intricate melodies and a central message calling for peace in Sudan

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