When Afro Celt Sound System burst onto the music scene some 15 years ago their impact was so instant, so astounding, that it hit like a thunder crack. Here was a band unlike anything else, a band whose fusion of West African rhythms, Irish ...
It's seven years since Afro Celt Sound System first assaulted our senses with their innovative fusion of West African rhythms, Irish traditional music and cutting-edge dance grooves. In that time there have been many lesser imitators and the ...
In 1992, Simon Emmerson moved into the Strongroom Studio, north London, to complete production on 'Lam Toro', his first album with Senegalese singer Baaba Maal. His idea was to use Davy Spillane, the uilleann pipes player once of Moving Hearts, to ...
Volume 2 represents the transformation of a project, conceived at the 1996 Real World Recording Week, into a cohesive band with a unique sound and style. The Afro Celts have made the record they collectively wanted to make, forged out of over 100 ...
When Simon Emmerson began to piece together the Afro Celt Sound System in 1992 he had no idea where the journey would take him. But Emmerson's fascination with the link between Irish and African traditions introduced him to three like-minded ...