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'Legends of African Music': Sounds of a Continent

Detail from the Orchestra Baobab CD 'Specialist in All Styles'
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Detail from the Orchestra Baobab CD Specialist in All Styles.

January 2, 2006 - Farai Chideya talks with music writers Tom Terrell and Christina Roden about "Legends of African Music" -- a collection of some of the continent's top artists featured in this month's Global Rhythm magazine.

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