Journey
Author: Mursal, Maryam
Format: Import
Release Date: 07-04-1998
Details: Review The Journey [is] the powerful solo CD from Somalian singer Maryam Mursal, 48.... [Peter Gabriel] signed her to his label and even sings backing vocals on [the album.] Not that Mursal needs the benediction of a big-time rock star. The music she makes is as heady as her life story, equal parts African rhythms and the careening Arabic vocal patterns most commonly associated with the Algerian brand of pop known as rai ... gut-bucket bass lines link up with mournful accordions and her Somali-language vocals.... Exhilarating, passionate and triumphant, Maryam Mursal creates music that literally needs no translation. -- People Amazon.ca Many people have nothing to say in their music. But if, like Maryam Mursal, you'd grown up in a country as war-wrecked as Somalia, then spent seven months walking across the Horn of Africa, your songs might well be saying a great deal. The Journey stands as one of the great modern African albums, right up there with Baaba Mall and Salif Keita. Musically, it's grounded in the past, the traditions of her native country, but there's a pan-global sheen (courtesy of the very sympathetic Afro-Celt Sound System boys) that makes it instantly accessible; the exotic is there in every bite, but there's still enough familiarity that you don't quite feel you've wandered into totally foreign territory. Like Maal, Mursal is an electrifying singer. She sounds as if her entire life depends on this record, and maybe to her, it does. If a journey of a thousand miles begins with putting one foot in front of another, Maryam Mursal has started hers with a giant step. --Chris Nickson
UPC: 017046237024
EAN: 0017046237024
Languages: English
Binding: audioCD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood
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Author: Mursal, Maryam
Format: Import
Release Date: 07-04-1998
Details: Review The Journey [is] the powerful solo CD from Somalian singer Maryam Mursal, 48.... [Peter Gabriel] signed her to his label and even sings backing vocals on [the album.] Not that Mursal needs the benediction of a big-time rock star. The music she makes is as heady as her life story, equal parts African rhythms and the careening Arabic vocal patterns most commonly associated with the Algerian brand of pop known as rai ... gut-bucket bass lines link up with mournful accordions and her Somali-language vocals.... Exhilarating, passionate and triumphant, Maryam Mursal creates music that literally needs no translation. -- People Amazon.ca Many people have nothing to say in their music. But if, like Maryam Mursal, you'd grown up in a country as war-wrecked as Somalia, then spent seven months walking across the Horn of Africa, your songs might well be saying a great deal. The Journey stands as one of the great modern African albums, right up there with Baaba Mall and Salif Keita. Musically, it's grounded in the past, the traditions of her native country, but there's a pan-global sheen (courtesy of the very sympathetic Afro-Celt Sound System boys) that makes it instantly accessible; the exotic is there in every bite, but there's still enough familiarity that you don't quite feel you've wandered into totally foreign territory. Like Maal, Mursal is an electrifying singer. She sounds as if her entire life depends on this record, and maybe to her, it does. If a journey of a thousand miles begins with putting one foot in front of another, Maryam Mursal has started hers with a giant step. --Chris Nickson
UPC: 017046237024
EAN: 0017046237024
Languages: English
Binding: audioCD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood
