Whole notions of Albums of the Year arerendered immediately preposterous as soon as you put on Salif Keita's So Kono. How long is The River Nile ? How long is a piece of string . Where does So Kono stand in Keita's overall body of work, Is it as good or even better than 2002's Moffou which is listed as the sixth thousandth and ninth best album on the Best Ever Albums site. So not as good as Forever Changes then .
It still sounds pretty good to me. The rain is falling in Newcastle but this carries me to Mali which my rational mind tells me does exist and where people are enjoying the pleasures and pain and joy and sorrow that I experience on a daily basis. And I know that.those emotions are just as important as mine. You may not understand everything you hear on So Kono. But you can sense its wonder.
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