The Darkness: The Afro Celt Sound System and "When I Still Needed You"

Today's song is called When I Still Needed You by the Afro Celt Sound System and sung by Rwandan singer Dorothee Munyaneza. The Afro Celt Sound System was started in 1991 by British music producer Simon Emmerson and Afro-pop artist Baaba Maal after Emmerson noticed the similarities between an Irish air and an African folk song.  Members of Maal's band came together with a group of Irish musicians to collaborate on the initial project.   The group produced their first album after recording the initial tracks in a week's span, and the resulting sales were so good that they continued to record together.  The group fuses Irish and West African traditional music with elements of techno and electronic dance rhythms.  They have since released seven albums, and are considered something of a world music supergroup as they have often performed and recorded with a number of superstar musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Sinead O'Connor, Ayub Ogada, Shooglenifty, and Altan.  When I Still Needed You is from their 2005 CD Anatomic, and references the Rwandan genocide.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Celt_Sound_System