LET YOUR SOUL FLY by MFALME

A great little record -- even if we don't know anything about this guy! The record's a mixture of American soul and African funk -- done in a mode that has Mfalme shifting easily between the two, running through a good set of grooves from track to track, and singing in a voice that has some of the nasally quality of Miriam Makeba, with harder soul touches of American singers of the south. There's some great soulful groovers on the set -- and tracks include "Junk Man", "Every Road Has A Twining", "Naku Penda", "Image", "The Soul Thing", and "Let Your Soul Fly".