Abana Ba Nasery - Classic Acoustic Recordings from Western Kenya

 An Uncle Roddus Album Review

African music month

 1   Atisa wangu

 2   Khwatsia ebunangwe

 3   Servanus andai

 4   Nilimwacha muke risavu

 5   Mapenzi kama karata

 6   Noah Libuko

 7   Omukhana meri

 8   Abasiratsi muhulire

 9   Ndakhomela

10  Ebijana bie bubayi

11  Mushalo ebutula

12  Rosey wangu

This one has been playing on the MP3 player for most of the week but I keep missing most of it and what I do hear gets submerged in Fela or some other Afrofunk monster. That maybe because this album is a compilation of this trio's recordings from the 60s and 70s and is, as the title suggests, a collection of acoustic songs in a definite traditional style. A sort of  Kenyan folk/blues music. I don't really connect with this more traditional style although the guitar playing is of a high standard and the recordings have been well remastered for this release, I find it all starts to sound the same and becomes difficult to differentiate the songs from each other. I get that is is a quality release for this style of music, but I find myself unmoved  and will be deleting from my hard drive. Rating 2/5