Artist:
Review:
Bono deserves props for global stumping on Africa’s behalf. So it’s
good that this tribute is a rootsy thank-you, not a world-music
cheesefest. Guinea’s Ba Cissoko reinvents “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
with kora-harp ripples, guitarist Vieux Farka Touré turns
“Bullet the Blue Sky” into a dusty Malian blues, and Cheikh
Lô makes “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” into a
chattering Afro-flamenco workout. Great songwriting makes
translation easier.

Rating:
3 Stars