2008 Innovators: Miles Cleret
By Richard Gehr, eMusic Contributor
Thanks in large part to Miles Cleret's Soundway label, music fans are enjoying something of a golden age in West African reissues (see below for possible reasons why). Soundway's Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 captures a special era of Nigerian music. It was a time when buoyant and venerable highlife dance music was being nudged by feisty rock- and jazz-influenced youngsters into fascinating and fuzz-driven new directions by the likes of… more »