Finding the original sound of Burkina Faso

What decisions have to be made when reissue labels package regional scenes into neat compilations? And what problems emerge in doing so? Nick Thompson spoke to Mr Bongo as they got to grips with the previously unexplored music of West African Burkina Faso. “Burkina is much less known for myself and for other people, so … Continue reading Finding the original sound of Burkina Faso