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In Griot Time: An American Guitarist In Mali
Temple University Press
ISBN 56639-758-8 (hardback), 1-56639-759-6 (paperback)
  In Griot Time: String Music from Mali (Stern's Africa)
 

Book Reviews

Billboard "In Griot Time" has the power to beguile even those who have never heard a note of West African music..."

Folk Roots Magazine "...one of the best can't-put-it-down roots music reads in recent memory...highly, highly recommended."

sonicnet.com "Eyre...makes the characters who comprise Bamako's music world come to life..."

Amazon.com July 23, 2000 "V.S. Naipaul fans: you will love this book!"

Charlie Gillett, BBC "Really wonderful!"

Maure Aronson Executive Director, World Music, Boston. "In Griot Time is Banning Eyre's gripping, entertaining and insightful journey into the world of music and the lives of musicians in Mali. It is an essential and extrodinary read for anyone interested in African and world music."

Professor Christopher Dunn Department of Music,
Tulane University

"In Griot Time is definitely useful for cultural studies/ethnomusicology courses. I teach a course called "Popular Music of Africaand the Diaspora" at the 300 (mid-range) level. I get undergrads of all years. There have been so few books written on contemporary African music compared to the many recent books about the Caribbean. I will surely use In Griot Time next time I teach the course."

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CD Reviews

NEWSFLASH: July 11, 2000 "In Griot Time" is No. 1 on the radio program called "Racines" at Radio Cite Vauban in France.

New York Times ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Folk Roots Magazine
"...a spellbinding listening experience."

Henry Kaiser on sonicnet.com
"...unlike anything else on record."

CMJ "...a real feast for fans of African guitar."

The Independent on Sunday "...an indispensable compendium..."

Daily News, Durban, South Africa "....what a time it must have been."

rootsworld.com "Eyre's refined ear pulls together the best..."

Reader review from Amazon.com August, 2000 "...an extraordinary document..."


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