Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
Mohammed Alidu
Land of Fire
Growing up in Ghana, Mohammed Alidu lived in
a world of rhythm centered on the talking drums of the bizungs, the hereditary percussion masters. With Land of Fire, Alidu follows the path of
many recent African musicians into Afro-pop, blending the age-old rhythms with
Western instruments and contemporary production. Mostly, Land ofFire echoes the
sort of gravity-free music prevalent of Africa’s western shore, transposing the
thumb pianos and drumming of old into the 21st century.
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