Search - Miriam Makeba :: Evening With Miriam Makeba / Magic of Miriam

Amazing Makeba

ayotunde | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 03/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have loved this lady's voice for a long time, but this CD takes the cake. The duets with Harry Belafonte are probably the sweetest duets I ever had, especially the Malaika duet. In the second set of songs, Makeba solos, she displays her range and proves she can sing more than African songs. Try this CD and you will definitely fall in love with her regardless of your taste in music."

Love the first set, avoid the second

Lauren B. Evans | North of Boston, MA | 03/15/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"We had the LP of "An Evening with Belafonte and Makeba" when I was a kid, so I was thrilled to be able to get this reissue on CD. It's as great as I remembered it, and the sound quality is better than the original vinyl.



I would have been happy with just that album on the CD. To someone who didn't grow up with it and has no emotional attachment to it, "The Magic of Makeba" sounds very dated. The juxtaposition of the quasi-pop middle-of-the-road arrangements of that album with the pop African stylings of the first one is very jarring. I always jump to shut it off before the second set starts.



I'm still giving the CD a rating of 4 stars because the first set, the Belafonte & Makeba album, is so good."