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Old 07-07-2011, 06:48 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Can anyone give me some decent recommendations? I'm thinking stuff from Zambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya styles.
Sorry, I don`t know about the specific countries you mention, but from Zaire, just north of Zambia, there is Franco and his group called O.K. Jazz, which, coincidentally, I just put in this thread the other day :- http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...thread-12.html. Their music can have a rather colonial era, international sound which may not be what you want.

For a more modern take, and therefore, paradoxically, a more ethnic sound I really recommend Tarika, who come from Madagascar, (so far east that you have to fall off the mainland to get there) :-


YouTube - ‪Tarika: Tsy Kivy‬‏

Both of these bands have made such a lot of albums that there are "Best of ..." compilations available, which is often a good place to start.
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