BRANCA SCHOEN
EARTHQUAKE IN CHILI
HONEYMOON SUITE, EH?
LITA FORD
Rock 'n' Roll News
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.