Fine Malian blues, with contributions from Ali Farka Toure.

Early recordings.

Magnificent singing — sweet, husky, powerfully soulful — by this semba master from Angola, for thirty years now a tireless crusader for anti-colonialism and the old one-two of peace and rebellion.

The Cape Verdean’s pure, intimate voice in a range of percussion-based settings, with some great trombone and accordion too.