PUTUMAYO PRESENTS African sound pearls that not only sweeten coffee breaks. With TotoBonaLokua, Oliver Mtukudzi and Rokia Traor?. When the colourful label heads for the black continent in its "Caf?"series, one can certainly speak of a homecoming. Finally, the coffee berry was finally discovered in Ethiopia more than 1000 years ago. Mayoro "Yoro" Ndiaye, Les Fr?res Guiss? and Takeifa are excellent second-row singers/songwriters who lead us to the surprising acoustic facets of Senegal. In the shape of TotoBonaLokua, one of the most compelling vocal trios in Africa returns after 14 years. With Oliver Mtukudzi, the great old master from Zimbabwe honours us. Icons are also from the Congo: Franco and his band OK Jazz lead back to the era of rumba, while Ray Lema leads his fellow countrymen Ballou Canta and Fredy Massamba to a teamwork with the Brazilian Rodrigo Viana. Undiscovered Congolese folk tones come from Jean "Jaja" Bashengezi of Lake Kivu. The Kenyan Winyo was inspired by the guitar style of Benga for his acoustic world. A meditative love song from the early days of her career was given to us by the Malian Rokia Traor?.
