Reviews
Ba Cissoko goes back to basics - Acoustic 'griot'
The Guinean kora star Ba Cissoko is back with Séno, a third album that proves to be less electric but every bit as creative as his last. On it, the 21-string virtuoso, who has been playing the kora since he was fourteen, puts his own innovative spin on West African musical heritage.
After the wild, Hendrix-style showmanship of Electric Griot Land, Ba Cissoko and his musicians have toned things down a little on their third offering, going back to village basics. Séno includes a hint of wah-wah pedals and the odd bit of sound distortion here and there, but this time round acoustic vibes take priority over electric wizardry. Read on>>>
Oumou Sangare - Seya
It's been too long since any album proper from the ‘songbird of Wassoulou’. Although the compilation Oumou (2004) included previously unreleased material, (mostly cherry-picked from her Mali-only 2001 release Laban, and reworked), her last internationally promoted record was Worotan in 1996. Thankfully Seya doesn't disappoint – it's the best thing since her marvellous 1991 debut Moussoulou, which is one of the all time great treasures of Malian music. Read on >>>
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Ba CISSOKO
Seno
March 2009
Kasse Mady DIABATE
Manden Djeli Kan
February 2009
Oumou SANGARE
Seya
February 2009
Chantal Ayissi
Miroirs
Jamuary 2009
FEATURE
UGANDA: Here comes Princess a.k.a Miss Confidence
Coming from royal family in Rwanda, she’s physically slim thanks to her earlier sojourn as a Nairobi based model and magazine cover girl ,speaking as saw machine speed, with wacky humor and a surround friendly charm here comes one of the ladies standing out in an industry mainly patronized by the males to bring out her musical whole through the records she’s been making over the years and as if to prove her point further when asked for how long she’s been doing her music recording thing she hurriedly says hers is a long story that dates way back since childhood ,she’s always been down for the performing arts since she was much younger, so its no surprise that she’s decided to push it further as her life long career. Read on >>>
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