Along with new music from Brasileiras Marisa Monte and Maria Rita and a tribute to Barry Llewellyn and The Heptones in the first hour, we spent the second hour of today’s African Rhythms surveying the breadth of music from contemporary African female singers including Cesaria Evora, Souad Massi and Dobet Gnahore.
| Tarika Sammy - Hisoma album: Beneath Southern Skies; label: Shanachie | |
| Echocentrics - Party People album: Echoland; label: Ubiquity | |
| Fatoumata Diawara - Boloko album: Fatou; label: World Circuit | |
| Marisa Monte - O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade album: O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade; label: EMI | |
| Mayra Andrade - Konsiénsia album: Stória Stória; label: RCA Victor France | |
| Maria Rita - Santana album: Elo; label: Warner Latino | |
| Nelson Angleo e Joyce - Sete Cochorros album: Brazil 70: After Tropicalia New Directions in Brazilian Music in the 70's; label: Soul Jazz | |
| Hindi Zahra - Ahiawa album: Handmade; label: Naive | |
| Kae Sun - Weh-Weh album: Outside the Barcode; label: Kae Sun Music | |
| Cheikh Lo - Conia album: Jamm; label: Nonesuch | |
| The Heptones - Babylon Falling album: The Meaning of Life: the Best of the Heptones 1966 - 76; label: Trojan | |
| The Heptones - Country Boy album: Tougher Than Tough; label: Mango | |
| The Heptones - The Meaning of Life album: The Meaning of Life: the Best of the Heptones 1966 - 76; label: Trojan | |
| Rob - Boogie On album: Funky Rob Way; label: Analog Africa | |
| De Frank Professionals - Afe Ato Yen Bio album: Afro Beat Airways: West African Shockwaves (Ghana & Togo 1972 - 78); label: Analog Africa | |
| Patricia Hilary - Njiwa album: The Golden Tanzanian Taarab; label: Patricia Hilary | |
| Khadja Nin - Sina Mali, Sina Deni album: Women of Africa; label: Putumayo | |
| Sali Oyugi - Jahera album: Vuma!; label: Sali Oyugi | |
| Tarloh - Saymugeepo album: In Raindrops; label: Tarloh | |
| Angelique Kidjo - Sedjedo album: Djin Djin; label: Razor & Tie | |
| Cesaria Evora - Africa Nossa album: Rogamar; label: Lusafrica | |
| Dobet Gnahore - Côte d'Ivoire album: Djekpa La You; label: Contre Jour | |
| Souad Massi - Raoui album: Raoui; label: Ras | |
| Chiwoniso - Vanorapa album: Rebel Woman; label: Cumbancha | |
| Faya Tess & Lokua Kanza - Bana album: Acoustic Africa; label: Putumayo | |
| Mahotella Queens - Thina Siya Khan Yisa album: Golden Afrique volume 3; label: Network |
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