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Christgau Consumer Guide

On the recordings of Paul Berliner and elsewhere I’ve always found the African thumb piano—mbira, kalimba sanza—overly delicate, fragile as a music box. These experimental compositions by a Camerounian musicologist who calls on a wide range of supplementary African instruments and techniques, are lithe and lovely.

June 1, 1985
ROBERT CHRISTGAU

Christgau Consumer Guide

ROBERT CHRISTGAU

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