MALI LATINO

Yet another fusion cd, the music of mali and this time fused with latino music as the name suggests.This cd is the brain child of british born pianist alex wilson and it was a labur of love after his trip to mali and meeting up with madou sidiki diabate who introduced him to multi instrumentalist ahmed fofana.
I had actually read about this cd in the bible of world music 'songlines' and thought why not give it a try and it turned out to be as good as the review in the magazine it was given 4 stars

Alex wilson's latin piano playing, madou's kora and ahmed guitar/balafon playing really really works and like one reviewer said this would certainly be on my top ten world music cds for 2010.There must be something about african music that alot of western musicians wanting to collaborate especially mali musicians.Hopefully one day i will take a trip to bamako mali and dakar senegal to have a feel of their music .

Lets hope western musicians would take a trip and collaborate with nigerian music masters like sunny ade, ebenezer obey, 9ice etc

highly recommended you can't miss with this cd

stand outs
ankaben(sounds so music like an afrobeat song like fela's look and laugh)
sangre mandinga
donkan
Bamako 2000 (reminds me of mory kante's yeke yeke)
joie au village (masterclass)
ankan tolon (happy)
voyage(three masters)
bomba bambara
remercier les trailleurs (where it all started)
enjoy!!

Lokua Kanza's NKOLO.... Congo got soul

I can't believe i slept on this cd!! it was released in the spring of 2010 and i this almost passed me by and i would have been really sad.Lokua's voice is near heavenly, it really hard for me to explain,all i can say is, to really appreciate this cd, you need a really really good pair of headphones like i have on as i write or Bose wave music system and If this guy's voice does not touch your soul, then you are either dead or need a medical check up and real quick.
This is another cd that i will surely file under classique!! You dont need to understand a word of what he's saying but you will feel it... guaranteed.This cd should come with a money back guarantee bacause thats how good i think it is
Outstandings Famille, Nakozonga infact all tracks!!! There is dance, rumba, afrobeat, soul acapella you name it... Congo really got soul. Really up lifting and feel good music
you tube it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHa7alvSJk&NR=1