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- Summary: Producer Ian Brennan recorded the Northern Ghana trio's funeral procession music live.
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- Record Label: Glitterbeat
- Genre(s): International
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The WireJun 11, 2020With their reverent, celebratory tone, tracks like “Naked (You Enter & Leave This World With Nothing)”, “I Will Follow You For Life, Everywhere” and “We Must Grieve Together” speak to the music’s function as an integral part of a community’s healing process. Sung together in deep harmony and pulling their inspiration from a source too powerful and mysterious for words, fra fra’s funeral songs offer a glimpse into how the people of this particular corner of West Africa deal with the pain, uncertainty and finality of death. [Jun 2020, p.49]
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Jun 11, 2020Funeral Songs is neither the first nor last gloriously raw album to be laid down in such a state.
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UncutJun 11, 2020Hearing these instantaneous, improvised rituals makes the world feel a little less huge. [Jun 2020, p.29]
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MojoJun 11, 2020The most instantly appealing to date, channeling a high degree of emotional intensity and a remarkable sense of joy through minimal instrumentation. [Jul 2020, p.87]