Ayesama - (7:04)
112 BPM Nsu Na Kwan - (4:47) 104 BPM
Yaa Amponsah - (4:27) 110 BPM
Assomdwee - (5:55) 107 BPM
Kruman Dey - (4:39) 108 BPM
Appia Kwa Bridge - (5:30) 109 BPM
Review: Following last year's long overdue 'best of' collection, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor returns to Strut with a brand new full-length. Named after a landmark in his hometown, Appia Kwa Bridge features both Tony Allen and Berlin-based band Afrobeat Academy. With Taylor's sweet guitar solos and emotive vocals to the fore, it's a thoroughly enjoyable set. The songs and grooves are traditional enough to impress authentic highlife fans, but suitably new enough to breathe new life into the genre. There are, for example, a couple of great acoustic moments (check, in particular, "Yaa Amponsaah") amongst the celebratory dancefloor jams and high-on-life anthems.