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Staff Pick: Adaeze Elechi

June 28, 2009

Adaeze Elechi I recommend Asa because there are some things that are too stunning not to be shared. The self-titled debut album comes from a young Paris-born Nigerian woman. Asa (pronounced Ah-shah) is not only a socially conscious and challenging album; it’s beautiful to listen to. Her smoky-smooth voice mixes in with the simple acoustic accompaniment so that her messages, sung in English, Pidgin English and Yoruba, become honey-sweet.

Adaeze Elechi is an intern at Guernica.

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