En Yay Sah - Janka Nabay
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  • Summary: The Sierra Leone artist Janka Nabay is backed by Boshra AlSaadi, Doug Shaw, the Skeletons' Jon Leland, Michael Gallope, and Jason McMahon as the Bubu Gang on his debut full-length release.
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  1. These grooves vary structurally‑-hooked​ by a bass drone, an insistent drum pattern, some fetching keyb. And they always move.
  2. Aug 22, 2012
    80
    From jaunty opener "Feba" to dense finale "Rotin," the eight songs have distinct identities but share groovy, spacey production and a mystical-futuristic feel.
  3. Aug 22, 2012
    80
    This music has deep roots, but Nabay's version of bubu is more contemporary and club oriented than folksy.
  4. Aug 22, 2012
    60
    The results are tirelessly paced, extremely danceable, and entirely modern-sounding. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.124]

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