{"product_id":"mr-bongo-cd","title":"Yen Ara – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cdiv itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" itemscope=\"\" class=\"product narrow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details group\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description product-description--wide rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGhanaian legend Ebo Taylor returns with perhaps his finest album to date. But don't take our word for it. That’s coming straight from the man himself. And he should know after more than 60 years in the business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eListen to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYen Ara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand you will not only hear the high-energy afrobeat, sweet highlife, jazz and konkoma influences that he’s famous for. There is also a disco pulse and hard-hitting percussive edge to the tracks, which were produced by Justin Adams (Tinariwen, Rachid Taha, Robert Plant) and recorded in the live room at Electric Monkey Studio in Amsterdam. An Ebo Taylor for these times, you might say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHis group, the Saltpond City Band, are all handpicked local musicians featuring two of his sons. An appropriate line-up on an album whose titles means “we”. And they are on fine form, ripping through tracks such as ‘Krumandey’ (a \u003c\/span\u003esurefire party starter) and ‘Mind Your Own Business’ (a simple message delivered over a frenetic drum rhythm).\u003c\/p\u003e\nElsewhere, ‘Aboa Kyirbin’ will please fans of tough afrobeat grooves, while Taylor could well be inciting a riot at his next gig with ‘Mumudey Mumudey’, We hear him calling for ‘preshaaah’ and leading us into a call and response as the trumpet takes us higher. And the lift of those horns on ‘Ankoma'm’ evokes some of his finest work such as ‘Love \u0026amp; Death’ and ‘Come Along’, the latter recorded with the Pelikans and featured on a recent Mr Bongo reissue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST – VINYL LP: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA1. Poverty No Good \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA2. Mumudey Mumudey \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA3. Krumandey \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA4. Aboa Kyirbin \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA5. Yen Ara \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB1. Mind Your Own Business \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB2. Ankoma’m \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB3. Abenkwan Puchaa \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB4. Aba Yaa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST – CD:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. \u003c\/span\u003ePoverty No Good \/ 2. Mumudey Mumudey \/ 3. Krumandey \/ 4. Aboa Kyirbin \/ 5. Mind Your Own Business \/ 6. Ankoma'm \/ 7. Abenkwan Puchaa \/ 8. Yen Ara \/ 9. Aba Yaa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EBOFEST Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914543837413,"sku":null,"price":228.2,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/5452\/9765\/files\/mrb-cd.jpg?v=1777502734","url":"https:\/\/ebofest.shop\/fr\/products\/mr-bongo-cd","provider":"EBOFEST Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}