“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.
Ethiopia's beloved and hugely influential singer, krar master and actress in a little-known recording made in the mid-70s, accompanied and arranged by Hallu Mergia, captures a new dimension of era-defining talent and artistic excellence. -ATFA
The songs on Afrodisiac were tracks that Fela and the Nigeria 70 (Later Africa 70) re-recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1972 after they had become hits in Nigeria.