Afro-pop

It's an unexpected swatch of jaunty Afro-pop that inexplicably changes its wonderful tempo, scrapping all momentum for a plodding, prosaic grand finale.

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It's an unexpected swatch of jaunty Afro-pop that inexplicably changes its wonderful tempo, scrapping all momentum for a plodding, prosaic grand finale.

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Vampire Weekend, eat your heart out: Peps drummer Chad Smith says the new album has an Afro-pop sound and could be ready by next spring.

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Vampire Weekend is having an extended moment, and their new record is great, laced with Afro-pop and ska beats, twinkling guitar and piano parts, and lyrics that are literate without being all Professor Von Schmartzenpanz about it.

Who Gives a F*** About An Oxford Comma? 2008

Vampire Weekend is having an extended moment, and their new record is great, laced with Afro-pop and ska beats, twinkling guitar and piano parts, and lyrics that are literate without being all Professor Von Schmartzenpanz about it.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

The duo would become the band's prime songwriters and in 2007, with bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson in tow, the quartet won the hearts and minds of the indie rock blogosphere with a handful of songs that cross-pollinated new wave pluck and Afro-pop ebullience.

Vampire Weekend's guitarist has his mind in Brooklyn, his roots in Georgetown 2010

The debut album by Local Natives , "Gorilla Manor" Frenchkiss, is an ambitious collection of bright, thoroughly of-the-moment rock enriched by soaring vocal harmonies, clacking percussion and slinky guitars that borrow on occasion from jazz and Afro-pop.

The Return of The Album Jim Fusilli 2010

Youssou N'Dour, 47, a native of Senegal, shot to world-music superstardom in the 1980s, boosted by a soaring voice, a signature "Afro-pop" sound, and a ... var news_amount = 6;

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: The Romance of Tinariwen 2009

In keeping with his regional traditions, K'Naan's rhythms are more straightforward than those of American hip-hop or sub-Saharan Afro-pop.

K'Naan: Hip-Hop's New Pop 'Troubadour' 2009

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Modiba: Sister Fa Steals The Show At Star-Studded Concert Honoring U.N. Peacekeepers 2009