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L.A. River by Fumilayo
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fave it Adult Alternative Pop/Rock | Urban Folk
12 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Jul 2007
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:07 L.A. River lyrics BUY MP3 01:07 L.A. River lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:07 L.A. River
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:17 The Federlines lyrics BUY MP3 04:17 The Federlines lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:17 The Federlines
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Acoustic "Griot" pop - melodic and poignantly lyrical, challenging many aspects of American culture and policies.
Bio / Background
Where the heck are all the protest singers—after all there is a war going on? “Non-news is good news, at least it’s the kind they sell/side-step responsibility/doesn’t question authority…” is the first line of one of the tracks on the new CD called LA River, the freshman project by independent recording artist Fumilayo Bankole. An unusual musician very much in the tradition of anti-war musicians of the 60s, her music has a “Griot" Pop twist (griot as in oral history keeper)! She plays an acoustic guitar and sings poignant lyrics that challenge many aspects of American society. She tackles issues like domestic violence, AIDS, and the destruction of habias corpus in America, racism, homelessness and the decrepitude of the LA school system done in a way that seems pop-ish and light until you realize what she’s been talking about for the past 3 minutes.
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