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Various Artists: 20 Years History – The Very Best of Syllart Productions

Charlie Gillett, Observer Music Monthly, 21 December 2004

Ibrahim Sylla is African music's answer to the likes of Berry Gordy. Charlie Gillett pays homage to the man whose influence is felt from Paris to Zaire and without whom many artists would have struggled to be heard.

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