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Nkolo
The sixth album for African-born Lokua Kanza -- by now a known commodity -- is a pure, sweet, laid-back effort, introspective and serene as can be. With a small instrumental complement and an at-times large vocal chorus, Kanza plays light and luscious acoustic guitar in context with these songs about his experiences growing up in Zaire, living in the Ivory Coast or Paris, and drinking of the waters of wisdom, love, hope, and life. It's a collection of introspective originals far from Afro-beat power, but it's also not a program of ballads. There is one track, "Nakozonga," that has the larger vocal complement and instrumental component, even a loop-type melody, while Kanza employs the mbira i...
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