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Austin Chronicle’s Raoul Hernandez names Adje! Adje! one of 2010′s Top Ten Albums!
Top 10s Austin Music – AustinChronicle.com
Top Ten National:
1. ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs (Merge)
2. BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
3. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Mojo (Warner Bros.)
4. SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS Rise & Shine (Cumbancha)
5. JULIETA VENEGAS Otra Cosa (Sony Music Latin)
6. TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor (XL Recordings)
7. ELIKEH Adje! Adje! (Azalea City Recordings)
8. NEIL YOUNG Le Noise (Reprise)
9. SHE & HIM Volume Two (Merge)
10. THE SOFT PACK (Kemado)
Adje! Adje! on Afrobeat Blog’s best of 2010
The Afrobeat Blog: The Afrobeat Blog Best of 2010
Best Albums of 2010
1. Ye Fre Me Richy Pitch-Richy Pitch
2. Seahorse and the Storyteller-Michael Leonhart and The Avramina 7
3. Blue Eyed Black Boy-Balkan Beat Box
4. Afrocubism-Afrocubism
5. La Difference-Salif Keita
6. Donso-Donso
7. Medicine Show # 3: Beat Konducta In Africa-Madlib
8. Love and Death-Ebo Taylor
9. The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow-Cochemea Gastelum
10. The Budos Band III-The Budos Band
11. Rise and Shine-Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
12. Wake Up!-John Legend & The Roots
13. Oyo-Angelique Kidjo
14. Secret Agent-Tony Allen
15. Adje Adje-Elikeh
More Reviews for Adje! Adje!
Based in Washington DC, Elikeh has a core group of musicians. Massama covers lead vocals and guitar, and his accompanists play guitar, bass, drums, two saxes, trumpet and percussion. On first impression, you might be tempted to label the sound afrobeat – the genre formulated by Fela Anikulapo Kuti in 1970′s Nigeria. That would be a mistake.
Read more at afropop.org
If you are a fan of afropop of any kind, King Sunny to Fela to Toure Kunde, you will find lots to love here. If you’ve never explored afropop before, but wanted a recommendation on a new album to go with the classics of the genre, look no farther. Adje! Adje! has arrived.
Read more at ripplemusic.blogspot.com
All you need to know is that their recently released second album, titled Adje! Adje!, is the epitome of Afropop with politically-driven lyrics, blaring horns, super funky guitars, and a rhythm section that will have you starting a dance party while you ride the subway to work.
Read more at okayafrica.com
Globalist Review: Elikeh – From Togo to DC
By Justin Kavanagh
The Washington, D.C.-based band Elikeh crackles with the global musical vision and defiant spirit of Togolese singer, songwriter and bandleader Massama Dogo. As Justin Kavanagh writes, Elikeh’s new album, Adje! Adje!, explores global political issues and the personal odysseys of Africans abroad.
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Elikeh — From Togo to D.C.
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