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Key in the history of Lo'Jo is Mojo Radio, (the band's 8th album) which was originally released in 1997. It gained a cult following in Europe in 1997, but only made it to these shores off the side of the occasional concert stage.

With instrumentation including melodica, accordion, violin, kora, djembé, and bendir, "Lo'Jo has made the trip from Angers, France to Bamako, Mali in barely a minute" (Washington Post). The title track is ripe for radio airplay with tiers slowly building to its catchy, reggae-backed chorus.

The new/old CD features Dierdre Dubois of Ekova, who-along with the Nid El Mourid sisters-creates on Mira Zunik the same kind of impressive vocal layers that led Zap Mama to fame. On Si Jamais Si, Dubois is joined by Mahaboub Khan of India's Musafir on vocals and dholak (two-headed North Indian barrel drum). Featured on three tracks is Justin Adams of Sinéad O' Connor and Jah Wobble fame, who, in addition to producing the Lo'Jo CD, was recently called "Britain's answer to Ry Cooder" by The Guardian.