Miriam Makeba once said, "African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West." This week's Needle Drop Record by Fatoumata Diawara certainly fits that bill for me. And I'm guessing it will for you, too.

Tina Turner once said, “Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”