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It’s recorded with the Afrobeat Academy, a Berlin Based group who have been touring with Taylor since his 2010 comeback album Love And Death, and features legends of the calibre of Tony Allen, Pax Nicholas and Oghene Kologbo. Following swiftly on its heels is Appia Kwa Bridge, an album of entirely new material. It was a thrilling, relentlessly upbeat ride through some of the finest highlife and Afrobeat ever made. Last year’s excellent compilation Life Stories certainly made the case for his elevation to official legend status. Ebo Taylor is often heralded as one of the most underrated figures in African music.

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