Ray Lema

Now this is what you call a concept. Take a gnaoua group -- Tyour Gnaoua from southern Morocco -- and team it with Ray Lema, one of the most prolific and powerful West African musicians. Moroccan music ...Read full review

Ray Lema tries a dialogue between Balkan melodies and tropical beats using jazzisms as a bridge. But instead of a full frontal encounter we get tracks like "Nalelela" that relegate L'Ensemble Pirin to ...Read full review