A joyous spirit carries Nono despite its pervasive sadness, often dipping into serious riffage, as on the revitalized Golden track “Street Parade.” It’s a step up and forward in just about every regard for the band, who’re now fronted by the esteemed Nairobi singer Opiyo Bilongo. Recorded in a house in the Poconos (during snow, a treat for Bilongo and Omari) with a host of microphones, mixers, and gadgetry, Nono is a more clearly realized collaboration — but it’s also a more measured balance of its dueling influences, and as such a far odder (and more satisfying) duck than any screenwriter could dream up. Minoff takes pride in this hard-fought-hybrid. “There’s a lot of good benga records out there, you know? So we didn’t need to make another one.”
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