&#8220;You can trace it back to Africa. Back to the source.&#8221; That&#8217;s Alloysious Massaquoi, one-third of the Edinburgh music group Young Fathers, explaining the universal thread the trio was tugging on while creating their new album Heavy Heavy. Massaquoi was born in Liberia and moved to Scotland as a young child. His bandmate Kayus Bankole…

Album Of The Week: Young Fathers Heavy Heavy

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