 | In the Heart of the Moon by Ali Farka Toure
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.85 Summer in the garden or bedroom.... yum.
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 | Diniya by Kante Manfila
Buy used from: £42.17 Not the best known African musician - but one of my faves.
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 | The Shed Sessions: 1982-1986 by The Bhundu Boys
Buy new: £10.98 1986 drunken dancing at Newcastle Uni. The Bhundus were amazing. If you can get the original ablums, like Shabini, on vinyl - get 'em. Gorgeous.
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 | Immigres by Youssou N'Dour
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £18.46 Bought this on import vinyl nearly 20 years ago - happy and vibrant.
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 | Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Toure
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.95 Classic and divine.
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 | Eyes Open by Youssou N'Dour
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.00 A voice like melted chocolate and a soul of dance. Prefer the songs sung in his own Wolof language.
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 | Lam Toro by Baaba Maal
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £11.19 Such energy and a voice to make your spine tingle.
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 | Soro by Salif Keita
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £3.45 The first by him I bought - but one of many wonderful albums. Live he is superb and very generous of spirit.
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 | Kulanjan by Taj Mahal
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.96 Blues and African music doesn't get any more beautiful than this...
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 | Sabou by Mory Kante
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £4.01 Crikey - he was SO good at Whitby Festival 2004. A true African superstar.
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 | Kwassa Kwassa by Kanda Bongo Man
Buy new: £7.68 / Used from: £4.95 There's something slightly dodgy about this guy - but you can't NOT dance....
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 | Pansement by Nder
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £9.94 OK - so they are VERY similar to Youssou, but great live (Brampton June 2002) and fun to dance to
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 | Akwaba Beach by Mory Kanté
Buy new: £18.19 / Used from: £2.64 It began a new wave in African dance. Raw energy.
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 | Gambia by Zubop
Saw them (by accident!) in Lincoln, May 2005, and they were fantastic. Totally funky Afro-Jazz.
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 | Rhythm Tree by Baka Beyond
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £5.99 Saw them years ago and then at Whitby Festival 2004 - fun and funky and raw!
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