Free mp3: Madagascar's Razia

Not a lot of music from Madagascar makes it to the U.S. Tarika and D'Gary are the only ones that come to mind.

Cumbancha is bringing another to light. Razia Said's album, Zebu Nation, is coming out next month. The press materials say it has a political bent:

Zebu Nation is the outcome of a personal journey that began in February 2007 when Razia returned to Madagascar to reconnect with the land she left as an eleven year-old child. For six weeks she traveled around the country in a van with a group of musicians and a film and audio recording crew. Along the way, she visited inspiring local musicians and saw firsthand the damage done to her homeland's forests and landscapes.

Until the full-length comes out, you can sample Razia's first single - and download it for free - here.