VA - Sweet As Broken Dates Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa (2017)

Over a millennia of trade in the Indian Ocean invited the cultures of the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and even China to slowly work their melodies, scales, and sounds into Somalia’s rich musical repertoire. Each track is a keen illustration of a carefully refined, rarely revealed cultural crossroads of the world.

Track List:

1. Nimco Jamaac - Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains) 05:48
2. Aamina Camaari - Rag waa Nacab iyo Nasteexo (Men are Cruel and Kind) 06:00
3. Ali Nuur - Unknown 05:20
4. Hibo Nuura - Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay (If the Artist Let's You Down) 04:32
5. Gacaltooyo Band feat. Faduumina Hilowle - Ninkaan Ogayn (He Who Does Not Know) 04:07
6. Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir - Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries) 07:13
7. Xasan Diiriye - Qaraami (Love) 06:42
8. Dur Dur Band feat. Sahra Dawo - Gorof (Elixir) 05:40
9. Sharaf Band feat. Xaawo Hiiraan - Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani (My Life is Full of Tribulations) 05:31
10. 4 Mars - Na Daadihi (Guide Us) 04:33
11. Danan Hargeysa feat. Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi - Uur Hooyo (Mother's Womb) 06:08
12. Sharero Band feat. Faadumo Qaasim - Qays iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet) 03:45
13. Waaberi Band (composed by Said Mohamed Harawo) - Oktoobar Waatee? Waa Taayadii (What's October? It's Ours) 04:43
14. Dur Dur Band feat. Muqtar Idi Ramadan - Duruuf Maa Laygu Diidee (Rejected Due to My Circumstance) 04:22
15. Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen - Anaa Qaylodhaankaan 05:23