Album Review
CAPTAIN YABA – YabaFUNKRoots
Ann Arbor 1/13/2005 CD, International
This music is ‘griot funk? from Sierra Leone. Originally released in the 1990’s this album apparently had little impact at that time. Yaba’s sound slowly grew in popularity by word of mouth. Yaba himself died of TB (in his early 30s) in April of 2001. For about 4 years from 1999 until 2003 the album was out of circulation. RetroAfric re-issued it re-packaged with added tracks from the original session. Funky African style beats underpin Yaba’s gentle 2-string gourd guitar (koliko) grooves, a muted trumpet & vocals. A beauty! AArbor
added: 03/31/04
you heard it 36 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1708 days ago, Hemroid the Leader played Yaba Funk
- 1859 days ago, Droll played Yaba Funk
- 2051 days ago, Hemroid the Leader played Neribalankina
- 2135 days ago, Hemroid the Leader played Tinanure
- 2884 days ago, Surfer Rosa played Tinanure
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