2007-08-06
Excellent mixture of many genres from a woman (full name is Sentienla Toy Threadgill) born in Nagaland, a tribal state in northeastern India. Senti sings about her homeland in a number of songs on this disc, which is described as an "unclassifiable blend of jazz, traditional folk and blues-tinged pop" (i.e., a "WYCE natural"). Half of the numbers relate to Nagaland (#2, #3, #4, #9 and #10), the best of which is "More Than the Fingers" (#3), a song about "learned" anthropologists speak in a demeaning manner about the intelligence of her people. Other gems on this disc (and there isn't a clinker anywhere) are the title track and "You Got Breath" (#7). Senti is currently working on a doctoral degree in ethnomusicology at New York University. I think she'll pass. -MJVDAmadou & Mariam
Welcome to Mali
Soweto Gospel Choir
Voices from Heaven
LE VENT DU NORD
LA PART DU FEU
Alpha Blondy
Elohim
American Babies
An Epic Battle Between Light And Dark
BIBI TANGA AND THE SELENITES
Dunya
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