Les Go De Koteba -West African Feelings

Destined for the list of the greatest world music classics, WAF is a rainbow album, switching between Madinka, Bete, Songhai, Bamana, Khasonkhé, French and Nouchi. Its swing numbers cohabit in the crossroads of the Mandinka and modern kingdoms, with guitar, djembe, base, kora, Peuhle flute and n’goni flirting over resolutely urban sounds from Africa’s most vibrant capitals.
And let’s not forget, its sumptuous arrangements bear the signature of Cheick Tidiane Seck, the unsubdued worldbeat arranging genius whose mark extends to hits by Mory Kanté, Touré Kunda, Salif Keita, Joe Zawinul amd Graham Haynes.