Francois Lougah – Pecoussa
Nothing beats hearing music from a part of the world you’d never heard it before and from a collection you haven’t heard yet. French label Syllart has been putting out this series, African Pearls, since 2006, and I’ve been doing some heavy duty sleeping on it. This particular volume features two CDs worth of work from the Ivory Coast, which, aside from Alpha Blondy, I hadn’t ever really paid much attention to. From this it sounds like the 60s and 70s were most definitely swingin’ in Abidjan and else where in this west African nation. This track from Francois Lougah is literally just a taste (though maybe the best of the bunch) from a top-flite collection. Highly necessary!