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...music of the future, displacing the stagnating Western forms of rock and pop. Despite the brave stand of Gabriel’s Realworld label, and its American counterpart Putumayo, this prediction has yet to be fulfilled (though the stagnation theory still holds true). Anyone who saw Habib Koit?? and Thomas Mapfumo, two giants of African music, perform to a hugely appreciative crowd in the wood-panelled decorum of Sanders theater will know that this says much more about the parochialism of Western music buyers than anything about the immense talent that the world, and Africa in particular...
...Koit?? could not have provided a bigger contrast. Despite referring to Mapfumo as, “My elder brother,” Koit??—a relative newcomer in West African music compared to superstars such as Baba Maal or Salif Keita—comes from a new generation of African musicians. The sound of Koit??’s band escalated as each member arrived on stage and added their instruments to the burgeoning sound before Koit?? himself arrived and added his high-octane acoustic guitar playing and stunningly pure, flexible voice...