I was first introduced to this album through the electrifying and lively "The Click Song", and much of the album follows suit in providing African musical harmonies and rhythms in a form that is pretty recognisable to a western audience while retaining its spirit and vitality.
There are one or two, slightly twee 'pop' songs here that maybe don't sit as well with the much more exciting traditional African music. In that way, Miriam kind of reminds me of Harry Belafonte, because he always interspersed his native Caribbean music with easy listening crooner tracks for the pop market.
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