“Ilana” is Mdou's first true studio album with a live band. Recorded in Detroit at the end of a US tour by engineer Chris Koltay, the band lived in the studio for a week, playing into the early hours.
It's impossible to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and Live! With Ginger Baker, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, is no exception.
