Awesome Tapes From Africa

Nâ Hawa Doumbia: La Grande Cantatrice Malienne, Vol. 3

Reissue 1982 album; Didadi dance music from Southern Mali

Hailu Mergia: And His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanay

Hailu Mergia - the Ethiopian one-man-band accordion/keyboardist extraordinaire

Awalom Gebremariam: Desdes

Reissue of touching & powerful Eritrean album from 2007

Awa Poulo: Poulo Warali

Malian ’highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting Awa Poulo’s vision of Peulh music’ (comes w/ download code)

Professor Rhythm: Professor 3

Proper reissue of early 1990 South African dance music album (w/ insert & download code)

Aby Ngana Diop: Liital

Reissue of groudbreaking Mbalax recording from 1994, comes with download code

S.K. Kakraba: Songs of Paapieye

’S.K. Kakraba is master of the gyil, Ghanaian xylophone’ (comes w/ insert + download)

Bola: Volume 7

’ridiculously energetic and thoughtful songs... from Bolgatanga, Ghana’