Kedu America Explained

Igbo: Kedu America
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
Cover:	Kedu America.jpg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	December 1994
Studio:	Studio Unicorn, Redding, Connecticut
Genre:	Highlife
Length:	69:18
Label:	Xenophile Records
Producer:	Andrew Frankel, Nnamdi Moweta^[1]

ig|'''Kedu America'''|''Greetings from America''^[2]) is a studio album by Nigerian highlife musician Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe released in 1996. Recorded in one day during his first American tour,^[3] Kedu America contains new recordings of some of Osadebe's previous songs, including "Igbo: Onuigbo|italic=no" and "Igbo: [[Osondi Owendi]]|italic=no".^[4]

Reception

Igbo: Kedu America received generally positive reviews from critics. Bob Tarte of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars, stating that the album "offers bounty beyond expectation". Robert Christgau described the album as a "delight" and in a further retrospective review as a "mood album [...] set on giving you a good time".

Drew Wheeler ranked the album 4th in Billboard's 1996 Critics' Poll.^[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Musicians

• Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe – lead vocals
• John Odagwe – bass guitar
• Ezikel Uti – lead guitar
• Fidelis Mazua – rhythm guitar
• Dede Uzoma – drums
• Chukwodozi Obi – Igbo congas
• Christian Ibekwe - trumpet
• Stephen Udechukwu – trombone, backing vocals
• Joseph Ugokwe – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
• Willie "Pepper" Chijoke – claves, backing vocals
• Obi Osadebe – backing vocals

Production

• Paul Avgerinos – recording engineer
• Jack "That Dog'll Hunt" Burke – engineer
• John Nelson – engineer
• Ross Nyberg – mastering
• Adam Traum – photography

Further reading

• Book: Phil . Weinrobe . Inayatullah . Naeem . Franklin . M. I. . Resounding international relations: on music, culture, and politics . 2005 . Palgrave Macmillan . New York . 978-1-137-05617-7 . 239–262 . en . A Medium of Others: Rhythmic Soundscapes as Critical Utopias.

Notes and References

1. Kedu America . . 1996 . May 3, 2021 . Liner notes . en.
2. Web site: Kedu America . Compass Records . May 2, 2021.
3. News: Zachary . G.Pascal . Living the Highlife . May 1, 2021 . . 26 . 19 . en.
4. Web site: Christgau . Robert . Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, Kedu America . May 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418095000/http://www.wonderingsound.com/review/kedu-america-chief-stephen-osita-osadebe/ . April 18, 2015 . en . April 22, 2011 .
5. Wheeler . Drew . Verna . Paul . The Critics' Poll . May 2, 2021 . . 52 . 108 . December 28, 1996 . YE-92 . en .