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Nuru Kane: Exile [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Afrika; Exil; Bambala; Niang Balo; Corriendo; Wango; Sadye; Yes We Kane; Issoire; Bayil; Zikar
Artists: Nuru Kane

Personnel: Nuru Kane (vocals, guitar); Thierry Fournel (guitar, oud, sanza, background vocals); Diabel Cissokho (kora, background vocals); Bou Abdallah Khelifi (violin); Bakary Diarra (balafon); Mamad...continue...

Monoswezi: The Village [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Hondo; Ndinewe; Kuenda Mbire; Mapfunde; Kalahari; Heya!; Nhemamsasa; Xitimela; Mature Tue; Metal Drum
Artists: Monoswezi

Personnel: Calu Tsemane (vocals, percussion); Hope Masike (vocals); Hallvard Godal (clarinet, saxophone); Erik Nylander (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Karl Stromme.

Recording informat...continue...

Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2012-09-25

Tracks: Intro: Be Ea Bojoa, Pt. 1; Ha Kele Monateng; Jerusalem; Koloi Eutate Mandela; Mobopong; Lesholu; Jo! Kelishapa; Lefaatse La Bajo; Ntheke Ntheke; Tseanku; Something To Think About; Outro: Be Ea Bojoa,...
Artists: Sotho Sounds

Audio Mixer: Risenga Makondo.

Recording information: Toybox Studio, Bristol.

Photographers: Risenga Makondo; Jacob Crawford....continue...

Krar Collective: Ethiopia Super Krar [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Guragigna; Oromigna; Ambassel; Wello; Konso; Mr. Astatke; Ete-mete; Welaita; Tizita; Ende Eyerusalem
Artists: Krar Collective

Personnel: Temesgen Zeleke (vocals, percussion); Genet Assefa (vocals); Robel Taye (percussion, background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Colin Bass.

Recording information: Cowshed Studios, North...continue...

Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla: Anewal/The Walking Man

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2012-08-14

Artists: Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla

Koo Nimo: Highlife Roots Revival [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2012-07-31

Tracks: See Wo Nom Me [Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood]; Owusuwaa; Old Man Plants a Coconut Tree; Integrity (The Cat and the Dog); Life Is What You Make It; Medley: Nation Building/Adampa; Medley: Anansi Song S...
Artists: Koo Nimo

Personnel: Odei Oben (vocals, guitar, percussion); Ankoma Mensah "Spratz" George, William "Paa Willi" Affreh, Eugene Oppong "Goodies" Ampadu, Daniel "Koo Nimo"Amponsah (vocals, guitar); Kwegyir "Agya ...continue...

Kristi Stassinopoulou/Stathis Kalyviotis: Greekadelia [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Matia San Kai Ta Dika Sou; Anamesa Nissirou; Me Gelasan Ta Poulia; Halassia Mou; Mes Tou Aegeou Ta Nera; Neratzoula Fountomeni; Pes Mou Poia Mana; Kato Sta Dasia Platania; To Ponemeno Stithos Mou; Ma...
Artists: Kristi Stassinopoulou/Stathis Kalyviotis

Personnel: Kristi Stassinopoulou (vocals, harmonium, frame drum, bendir, percussion); Stathis Kalyviotis (vocals, electronics, loops).

Audio Mixer: Stathis Kalyviotis.

Photographers: Nik...continue...

Samba Touré: Crocodile Blues [Digipak] *

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2011-09-06

Tracks: Alabina; Dani Dou; Yermakoye; Khadagole; Moussoya - (featuring Oumou Sangare); Bolel; White Crocodile Blues (A Song for M) [Instrumental]; Pullo; Aï Biné Bakoye; Diarabi; Takamba; Bereï...
Artists: Samba Touré

Personnel: Samba Touré (vocals, guitars, background vocals); Oumar Toure (congas, background vocals); Djimé Sissoko (talking drum); Baba Simaga (percussion); Ibrahima Séré, Aly Dic...continue...

Donal O'Connor/Dónal O'Connor/John McSherry/Bob Brozman: Six Days In Down

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2010-10-12

Tracks: Hardiman The Fiddler; Brelydian; A Mháire Bruineall; Portaferry Swing; Róise Na bhFonn [Tuneful Rose]; Pota Mór Fataí; Slide From Grace, The; Bean An Fhir Ruaidh [The Red Haired M...
Artists: Donal O'Connor/Dónal O'Connor/John McSherry/Bob Brozman

Personnel: John McSherry (Uilleann pipe); Bob Brozman (charango); Stephanie Makem (vocals); Dónal O'Connor (fiddle).

Audio Mixers: Dónal O'Connor; Michael Keeney; John McSherry; Bob B...continue...

Paban Das Baul: Music of the Honey Gatherers [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2010-05-25

Tracks: Kaliya; Guru to Dayal; Gopon Prem [Secret Love]; Pagla Ghora; Murshidi [Melody from the Baul Trail]; Kala Re; Kon Ek Pakhi; Katha Kare Bolbo Ki; Shobure Mewa Pholey; Prem Katha Ti Shunte Bhalo
Artists: Paban Das Baul

Personnel: Paban Das Baul (vocals).

Recording information: Montreuil, Paris; Net Guru Studios, Kolkata; WAC Recording Studio, Haverstock Hill, London.

Paban Das Baul is the best known of...continue...

Etran Finatawa: Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go! [Digipak]

CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2010-03-16

Tracks: Aitimani [My Brothers]; Diam Walla [No Water]; Aitma [Brother]; Ndiiren [Move]; Gourma; Daandé; Duuniyaaru Dillii [Life is Passing]; Imuzaran [the Leaders]; Ummee Ndaaren; Kalamoujar [Brotherhoo...
Artists: Etran Finatawa

Personnel: Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Bammo Agonla (vocals, hand claps, background vocals); Bagui Bouga (vocals, background vocals); Colin Bass (bass guitar); Ma...continue...

Daby Balde: Le Marigot Club Dakar [Digipak]

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2009-09-29

Tracks: Yaye Boye; Lalé Kouma; Kélé Rewbén; Nalankobéh; Lambé Leydi; N'Diaye Yo N'Diaye; Simbanam; Thionnimani; Aimé; Joola, Le; Egguéh Soumbinam; Na Kady; Almoudo
Artists: Daby Balde

Back for a second hit, Senegal's Daby Balde offers something a little different this time around, music he often plays at the club of the album's title (and the club's name derives from a river in Bal...continue...

Samba Touré: Songhai Blues: Homage To Ali Farka Touré [Digipak]

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2009-08-25

Tracks: Anbafo; Foda Diakai'na; Kai'ri Kai'ri; Bila; Yawoye; Koye Ma; Baba Guitteye; Goye Kurya; Tamani; Goye; Soumanako; Djandjo; Ali Farka
Artists: Samba Touré

Personnel: Samba Touré (vocals, guitar); Bakoroba Diabaté (guitar); Alto Fofana (flute); Oumar Diallo (bass guitar); Ibrahima Séré (drums); Siaka Koita (djembe); Baba Djiré (b...continue...

Syran Mbenza: Immortal Franco [Digipak]

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2009-07-28

Tracks: Hertiage Ya Luambo; Beyou Motema; Liyanzi Ekoti Ngai Na Motema (Mouzi); Mbanda Nasali Nini? (Madeleine); Matinda; Infidelité Mado; Salima; Rumba Odemba; Liwa Ya Franco; Cherie Bondowé; Zozo...
Artists: Syran Mbenza

Personnel: Syran Mbenza (guitar); Ballou Canta (vocals, background vocals); Viviane Arnoux (accordion); Deba Sungu (congas).

Liner Note Authors: Cc Smith; C.C. Smith.

Recording informati...continue...

Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2008-09-23

Tracks: Adowa (Otanfo); Dagomba; Nkabom; Seprewa Kasa (Seprewa Speaks Guitar Answers!); Towoboase; Nkasoo; Agyese Wobre; Barima Ye Na
Artists: Seprewa Kasa

Personnel: Osei Korankye (vocals, talking drum); Teddy Osei (flute); Kwame Yeboah (Fender Rhodes piano, kalimba); Paulina Oduro (background vocals).

Recording information: DiBess Studios, Accra...continue...

Etran Finatawa: Desert Crossroads

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2008-04-22

Tracks: Saghmar N Nanna; Kel Tamasheck; Iguefan; Tea Ceremony I; Jama'aare; Tekana; Ganyo Maada; Soto; Asistan; Bagui's Soundscape; Gaynaako; Alghalem Taxat; Tea Ceremony II; Amidinine; Naanaaye; Tea Ceremon...
Artists: Etran Finatawa

Etran Finatawa: Alhousseini Mohamed Anivolla (vocals, guitar, bass instrument, background vocals); Ghalitane Khamidoune (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Bagui Bouga (vocals, flute, background voca...continue...

Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2008-04-08

Tracks: Sufi Bhakti; Amrit Anand; Nivedan; Ganga Kinare; Gypsy Anandi; Rasika; Aviskaar; Kolkata to Kanyakumari; Maya
Artists: Debashish Bhattacharya

Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey is a musical journey through the centuries of guitar playing in India. Using three unique guitars that BBC award...continue...
Arranger: Debashish Bhattacharya.

Only a few decades after the introduction of the Hawaiian slide guitar into Indian Classical music (a mere ripple in the genre's millenia-long history), recent...continue...

Saba: Jidka: The Line

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2008-01-29

Tracks: I Sogni; Hoio; Hanfarkaan; Jidka; Temps Passe, Le; Manta; Yenne Yenne; Furah; Je Suis Petite; Boqoroda Meskin; Melissa; Huwaiahuwa
Artists: Saba

On Jidka (The Line), her musical debut, she explores the divide between Somalia and Italy with a rare sensitivity and gentle humour; mixing acoustic guitars...continue...
Saba: Tate Nsongan (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass instrument, percussion); Felix Moungara (vocals, background vocals); Marco Calliari (acoustic guitar); Lorenzo Corti (electric guitar); Martino Robert...continue...

Colombiafrica: Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2007-09-11

Tracks: No Habla Na'; Colombiafrica, The Mystic Sound System; Mama Africa; Jaloux Jaloux; Mini Kusuto; Kumina; Liso en Olaya, El; Tributo a Las Potencias de Africa; Tus Huellas; More Fire from Colombiafrica;...
Artists: Colombiafrica

Champeta is the riotous Afro-Colombian street sound of Colombia's Caribbean coast - a powder-keg of rhythms from local slave descendents brewed together with Congolese soukous,...continue...
Composers: Viviano Torres; Justo "Gele Gele" Valdez.

Colombiafrica: Justo "Gele Gele" Valdez, Luis Towers (vocals, background vocals); Viviano Torres (background vocals).

Personnel: Ocea...continue...

Sally Nyolo: Studio Cameroon *

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2006-11-07

Tracks: Souris-Moi; Bikoutsi; Chantal; Vie, La; Obili Éba; Marché Mokolo; Pek; Nomo Nga; To le Bèpe; Mote Atane; Salaire; Djim Miadjé; Esclaves; Ikoak Soat
Artists: Sally Nyolo

Although it has her name on it and she's involved in many of the tracks, Studio Cameroon isn't Sally Nyolo's album. Instead, it's the product of her return to Cameroon, where she sought out and record...continue...

Celia Cruz: A Rough Guide to Celia Cruz

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2005-04-26

Tracks: Jaibera, La; Cacahuatero, El; Arrecotin Arrecotan; Metida Con You; Campeona, La; Reina Rumba; Elegua; Bambarakatunga; No Me Cambie Camino; Paso del Mulo, El; Madre Rumba, La; Nadie Se Salva de la Rum...
Artists: Celia Cruz

Personnel: Celia Cruz; Pete Rodriguez , Adalberto Santiago, Johnny Pacheco, Justo Betancourt, Papo Lucca, Ray Barretto.

Liner Note Author: Sue Steward.

Ah, that voice! Oh, those horns! O...continue...

Dilon Djindji: Dilon

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2002-10-01

Tracks: Chantima Maria; Maria Teresa; Maria Rosa; Muhinhana; Badanile; Imani Lwe; Podina; Ntlhantlhani Tinponta; Hilwe-Wa Santi; Achiltanwana; Angelina; Marracuene; Sofala; Muhinhana - (Vocal Mix)
Artists: Dilon Djindji

Personnel: Venancio De Conceicao Dilone Jinge (vocals, guitar); Angela Chonilal Duarte, Ana Arminda Joao (vocals); Joaquim Alberto Dimande (guitar, mandolin); Ciro Perreira (violin); Arsenio Fernandez...continue...

Sierra Maestra: Rumbero Soy

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2002-05-14

Tracks: La Caminadosa; Sabin Gomez; Unto a Uh Canaveral; Rumbero Soy; Convergencia; Semilla de Cana Brava; Camina Como Chencha; Llora Como Yo Llore; Macuterendey; Como Me Gusta Maria; Carinaval en Camaguey; ...
Artists: Sierra Maestra

Sierra Maestra includes: Oslen Ceballo (trumpet).

Additional personnel includes: Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portunado, Marc Ribot.

Sierra Maestra: Alberto Vrigili Valdes, Luis Barzaga, Jose A...continue...

Mabulu: Soul Marrabenta

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2001-07-10

Tracks: Bula Bula; Palavra d'Honra; AIDS; Rosita; Elisa Mabai; Tshina; N'Binheto; Ku Langa; Catembe; Tsunelani; Buya; Ulombe; Vanana; Hlamalani; Maldeyeni; AIDS (But Hope)
Artists: Mabulu

Personnel: The Drums (vocals, percussion); The Vocals (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Alison Smith.

Recording information: Maputo (2001); Studio Mozambique (2001).

The sophomore effo...continue...

Eyuphuro: Yellela *

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2001-04-24

Tracks: Ohawha/Suffering; Othiawene/My Faraway Love; Muanadjulu/Nightbird; Yellela/This Is It; Ethuila Exeni/What's Happening?; Orea Kurrera/False Vanity; Masikini/Poverty; Ohiyu/At Night; Africa; Ayaka/My H...
Artists: Eyuphuro

Eyuphuro includes: Zena Bacar (vocals).

Recorded in Mozambique, Africa.

Personnel: Jorge Cossa (percussion).

Recording information: Mozambique Recording, Maputo.

Arranger: ...continue...

Mabulu: Karimbo

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2000-09-26

Tracks: N'Twananu (Understanding); Yingisa (Listen to Me); Mahanhela (Modern Life); Shitaratwini (Dancing); Ngole Ngole (Lonely); Shihitani Sha Mina (My Life); Karimbo (Stamp); N'Dambi (Floods); Niyaliwile (...
Artists: Mabulu

Recorded in Mozambique in 2000. Includes liner notes by Roland Hohberg.

Personnel: Antonio Marcos (vocals).

Recording information: Studio Mozambique Recording Ltd (03/2000).

When ...continue...

Talitha MacKenzie: Solas

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2000-06-03

Artists: Talitha MacKenzie

Personnel: Talitha MacKenzie (vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion); Ross MacKenzie (spoken vocals); Chris Birkett (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming); Ian Plested (vocals); Ian McKin...continue...

La India Meliyara: La Sonora Meliyara

1 CD / Riverboat (UK) / 2000-06-03

Artists: La India Meliyara