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Sunday, April 10, 2022

NIGERIA – NIGÉRIA Haruna Ishola & His Apala Group – Star Records SRPS 20

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Haruna Ishola & His Apala Group – Star Records SRPS 20 (Cassette)

For more than three decades, Haruna Ishola (1919-1983) dominated the Islamic-influenced Yoruba Apala music with his commanding voice and poetic lyrics, accompanied by nimble vocalists and backed by some of the finest polyrhythmic percussion playing ever recorded, including iyalu talking drums, agogo bells, sekere rattles, and an oversize agidigbo thumb piano.

This magnificent cassette embodies the remarkable collective precision, power, inspiration, and mellifluous lyricism of the music of one of the greatest African traditional artist of the 20th century.

Pendant plus de trois décennies, Haruna Ishola (1919-1983) a dominé la musique Yoruba Apala avec sa voix majestueuse et ses paroles profondes et poétiques, accompagnées de chanteurs et de percussions polyrythmiques sublimes, notamment des tambours parlants iyalu, des cloches agogo, des hochets sekere et un grand piano à pouce agidigbo.

Cette magnifique cassette illustre parfaitement la remarquable inspiration, précision, et lyrisme collectif de la musique de l'un des plus grands artistes traditionnels africains du XXe siècle.