Daby Tour??: Stereo Spirit (2007)

World music: A breath of fresh air from a musician who refused to listen to his father’s negativity about how no one could be successful as a musician. Clearly Daby Tour?? has the heart of a musician and this CD proves his father wrong. Defying ethnic categorization, Tour?? mixes his African roots with his exposure to the “bubbling Parisian jazz scene” to compose, arrange, sing, and play all of the musical instruments on this album of positive, upbeat songs. “What I’m trying to do is to give people the best moment possible whilst listening to this album.” With his lovely vocals and skillful guitars, he succeeds. They’re all under 5:50, they all end at least a few seconds early, and they’re all great, but try 2, 5, and 9.