DUR-DUR BAND - VOLUME 5

DUR-DUR BAND - VOLUME 5

LP (12"/10" Album)

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Label: AWESOME TAPES F

Release date: 30/03/2013

Barcode: 0656605560212

Catalog no.: ATFA0000004

Item ID: 382670

Reissue of the 1987 cassette release from Mogadishu's Dur-Dur Band. Dur-Dur Band were one of the leaders of Mogadishu's musical community, fusing elements of traditional Somali music with Western jazz and pop vibes and adding in a dash of Middle "Eastern flava".

Also available: VOLUME 5 (CASS).

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