Kante Manfila

This is a stunning record. Ace Afro-Frankfurter Gunter Gretz went to Manfila's hometown of Kankan and recorded him and various relatives, including balafonist Balla Balla. As you'd expect of a family of ...Read full review

Diniya is OK, as is Soro and many other Afro-Parisian productions since the "world music" boom. Not a patch on Manfila's older recordings: far too much hit-hunting paraphernalia, from Synclavier to synth ...Read full review