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A review by David Ingram of Penguin Eggs, Canada's Folk, Roots and World Music Magazine
Issue No 20, Winter 2003
London based Modeste Randriamahitasoa, from Madagascar, plays and sings nine of his own compositions here, seven of them songs, and puts out some very good music. From the first fast rolling guitar pattern you realize this guy has the chops. Check the sparse liner notes, and you see he has them on guitar, bass, percussion and vocals. A few pals play here and there, but Modeste has produced a true solo album. And a tasty one it is too. Modeste is an ace musician, razor sharp, endlessly inventive, his warm songs coloured by exuberance, tenderness, and buckets of joie-de-vivre. Guitar has been popular in Malagasy music, and Modeste has clearly learned his lessons well. He's also a pulsating percussionist with a charming voice too, and the album is a luscious, lively listen.
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