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    Ebo Taylor Palaver

    BBE
    • Ebo Taylor – Palaver
    • Ebo Taylor – Make You No Mind
    • Ebo Taylor – Abebrese
    • Ebo Taylor – Help Africa
    • Ebo Taylor – Nyame Dadaw
    • 1. Palaver
    • 2. Make You No Mind
    • 3. Abebrese
    • 4. Help Africa
    • 5. Nyame Dadaw

    BBE unearth ‘Palaver’, a long-lost, previously unreleased 1980 album from Ghanaian guitarist and songwriter, Ebo Taylor. If Fela Kuti was the king of Nigerian Afrobeat, then Ebo Taylor is the king of funky, Ghanaian Highlife!

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