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EAN: 0880918073514 Label: Open House Manufacturer: Open House Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Open House Release Date: February 20, 2007 Studio: Open House Average Rating:
 Rating: - spectacularMakes current music coming out of the USA seem sour & stupid. This is joyeous, exquisite, energetic food for the soul and mind. Rating: - PhenomenalThis record is outstanding. I don't know why it hasn't caught on as well as, say, Tinariwen or Salif Keita or Baaba Maal. Maybe these guys haven't been around as long as those others but they are, IMO, as good. That's high praise but they deserve it. This group develops a warm, organic Afro-beat sound using solely acoustic instruments, as far as I can tell. The pieces have a hypnotic rhythm that is augmented by the rich vocal work (sometimes from female guest singers, other times from ... Read More Rating: - one of the best recent records coming out MaliFor fans of the late Ali Farka Toure, Bassekou Kouyate's virtuous ngoni playing should not sound completely foreign, as he has appeared on quite a few songs on Toure's amazing posthumous album Savane. Some other familiar Malian musicians were also featured on this wonderful record, including kora player Toumani Diabete. These beautiful instruments provided an intricate, organic, and extremely beautiful backdrop to a variety of vocal styles. For fans of Malian music, this is especially a rare treat. ... Read More Rating:  - A gem !This is a gem. Bassekou Kouyaté is Mali's leading player of the ngoni, a simple desert lute that looks like a stocky cricket bat. It's West Africa's oldest string instrument and the ancestor of the banjo. Cognocenti may know Kouyaté for his contributions to Ali Farka Touré's magnificent last album, "Savane", but here he's centre stage as leader of a ngoni quartet. In a way it's possible to think of this as sophisticated chamber music with intricate lines delicately interweaving ... Read More |
