Despite – or because – his songs are sung in the tribal language of Bassa, the singer-songwriter/guitarist’s music communicates volumes. Look to his latest album, 1958, for his best work so far.
It’s the perfect statement to once again make the music industry squirm and confront its arbitrary gate-keeping of what’s accepted within certain genres and their typical lack of diversity.
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