Double CD and what a wonderful collection of tracks there are here celebrating the first twenty years of this excellent label. They describe the selection process as ‘musical moments that we happen to believe in’ when those ‘moments’ include Ibrahim’, Buena Vista Social Club, Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabaté, Omara Portuondo, Oumou Sangare andikh Lo then we all should believe. Look out too for unreleased tracks from gnawa master Mustapha Baqbou and Mauritanian griot Dimi Mint Abban plus a taster from the, as yet, unreleased follow up to Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté’s ‘In the Heart of the Moon’. As good as it gets.
