Various Artists - The Original Sound Of Burkino Faso

�The Original Sound of Burkina Faso� follows the hugely successful �The Original Sound of Mali� compilation released in March this year, also on Mr Bongo. Here we have a collection of songs that pay tribute to a truly golden age of music; touching on folk, funk, blues, highlife, disco, psyche, latin,rock and soul.

Burkina Faso may be one of the least well-known parts of West Africa but it has a deep history and musical pedigree. A few years before President Thomas Sankara changed his country�s name from Upper Volta to its current one, a newsound emerged to soundtrack a cultural revolution.

Featuring music by Abdoulaye Cisse 769;, Amadou Balake 769;, Pierre Sandwidi & Super Volta, Tidiani Coulibaly & Dafra Star, Bozambo, Youssouf Diarra and more.

Available as deluxe 2-LP gatefold vinyl, CD and digital. Including a booklet with extensive liner notes and photography.

Compiled by David �Mr Bongo� Buttle and Florent Mazzoleni.