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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Ears of the People’ Spotlights the Ekonting, Banjo’s Ancestor

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Ears of the People’ Spotlights the Ekonting, Banjo’s Ancestor

If you are not an ethnomusicologist and/or from West Africa, you may well read the title Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia and wonder, “What on earth is an ekonting?” The collection, and its extensive, well-written liner notes, answer that question at great and

ALBUM REVIEW: Hardship and Triumph Sing Together on Sunny War’s ‘Anarchist Gospel’

ALBUM REVIEW: Hardship and Triumph Sing Together on Sunny War’s ‘Anarchist Gospel’

ALBUM REVIEW: A Tribute to Honky-Tonk Pianist Moon Mullican

ALBUM REVIEW: A Tribute to Honky-Tonk Pianist Moon Mullican

ALBUM REVIEW: JD Clayton Follows His Heart for ‘Long Way From Home’

ALBUM REVIEW: JD Clayton Follows His Heart for ‘Long Way From Home’

ALBUM REVIEW: Eddie 9V Channels Classic Sounds Into New Soul on ‘Capricorn’

ALBUM REVIEW: Eddie 9V Channels Classic Sounds Into New Soul on ‘Capricorn’

ALBUM REVIEW: Half Gringa Seeks Her Full Self on ‘Ancestral Home’ EP

ALBUM REVIEW: Half Gringa Seeks Her Full Self on ‘Ancestral Home’ EP

ALBUM REVIEW: Irene Kelley’s ‘Snow White Memories’ Adds Warmth to Winter

ALBUM REVIEW: Irene Kelley’s ‘Snow White Memories’ Adds Warmth to Winter