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Nahawa Doumbia: Kanawa

May 6, 2021 By guillaume

Nahawa Doumbia - Kanawa (2021)

With a professional career spanning over 40 years, singer Nahawa Doumbia is one of the prominent performers of the south Malian Wassoulou style of music. A passionate advocate for peace, justice and women’s rights in her own country, the singer has also long been the voice of the Malian community living abroad and especially in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Nahawa Doumbia, ngoni, songwriting

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan

February 12, 2018 By guillaume

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet - Ladilikan (2017)

Opening the record, Trio Da Kali’s balafon (a wooden xylophone), bass ngoni (a traditional lute) and vocals clearly transport the listener to West Africa. But the introduction of Kronos Quartet’s classical strings a minute into “Tita” triggers an unexpected yet uplifting musical shift, thus unveiling an extraordinary fusion ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary, Traditional Tagged With: balafon, fusion, Kronos Quartet, ngoni, quartet, songwriting, Trio Da Kali, voice

Rokia Traoré: Titati/Africa Unite

August 12, 2013 By guillaume

Rokia Traoré - "Roots" project - 2011

Malian singer songwriter Rokia Traoré’s “Roots” project emerged as a continuation of the Desdemona multimedia collaboration she contributed to in 2011. Written by American novelist and 1993 Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison and staged by experimental theatre director Peter Sellars, Desdemona is a play imagining a dialogue ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: kora, ngoni, Rokia Traoré, songwriting

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba: Jama ko

July 22, 2013 By guillaume

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Jama ko (2013)

Bassekou Kouyate is a Malian musician who burst onto the World music scene in 2007 with the international release of Segu Blue. Over the years, he has also played and toured extensively with Toumani Diabate, Ali Farka Toure and Taj Mahal. Jama Ko is the musician’s third recording released in January 2013. Bassekou Kouyate’s ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: Bassekou Kouyate, fusion, ngoni, songwriting

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