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Oh Bembeya!

Guinea's legendary Bembeya Jazz are right up there among the shortlist for best band in the entire history of the planet. Long-time West African music fans have been overjoyed to hear that they're back in serious action after a decade and a half. Banning Eyre caught up with them in France, making their comeback album. Read the feature

Bembeya Jazz
Photo: Benoit Peverelli

This feature first appeared in fRoots 233, November 2002

 

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