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UncutJan 15, 2016Not only a welcome "return to form" but sounds like a career pinnacle. [Feb 2015, p.82]
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Jan 22, 2016At a relatively spry 62, Maal’s voice retains both upper register strength and youthful clarity.
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Jan 15, 2016In these songs Maal continues to celebrate his people, his culture, and the Fulani language, even as he presents the listener with challenges to their preservation from inside and outside Senegal.
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Jan 19, 2016This won’t go down as one of his classic recordings, but nevertheless The Traveller is an enjoyable journey that shows its narrator still has plenty to say.
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Jan 19, 2016Perhaps tracks such as Lampenda veer too far in the direction of accessible arena rock, and the final double whammy (War and Peace) featuring poet Lemn Sissay jars slightly, after Maal’s own dulcet tones. But there are compelling fusions.
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Q MagazineJan 15, 2016It's pleasing listening. [Feb 2016, p.112]
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MojoJan 15, 2016The first seven tracks are wonderfully lush and mellow, but loses its way on the closing two-song suite, War/Peace. [Feb 2016, p.96]