I have updated a few videos. First I have collected all I have of the programme "L'artiste et sa musique" featuring the (unfortunately late) queen of kamalen ngoni music Coumba Sidibé into one video:
This is really all I have of this absolutely legendary performance. But I am still hoping, of course, that one day someone will come up with more and/or in a better quality.
Secondly I have redigitised the video of Oumou Sangaré's song "Yayoroba", to which I was referring in the last post. And I have added a second song, which you will no doubt recognise as "Saya Magnin". The dancer I was referring to comes in at about 8'50...
And finally, as a bonus, I am adding a video of less than a minute of a rare version of "Djama Kaissoumou", a song which was one of Oumou's first hits and featured on the cassette which launched her into stardom. Again, it's all I have.....
Isn't that lovely?
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Showing posts with label oumou sangaré. Show all posts
May 12, 2013
February 12, 2009
Saya
I was going to post this two days ago, but the upload to YouTube took to long, so I didn't have time to finish it.
Here is another video from the same concert as "Yayoroba" by Oumou Sangaré. The concert was recorded by Malian television in 1988, - so from the earliest part of Oumou's professional career.
The song "Saya magnin"(which can be loosely translated as "Death sucks") is based on a traditional from the hunters (donso*) music of the Wassoulou region, but is a 'popular' theme in other Malian musical styles too.
Unfortunately the song breaks of after just over four and a half minutes.
*This is the official spelling. It is often pronouced as "dozo".
Here is another video from the same concert as "Yayoroba" by Oumou Sangaré. The concert was recorded by Malian television in 1988, - so from the earliest part of Oumou's professional career.
The song "Saya magnin"(which can be loosely translated as "Death sucks") is based on a traditional from the hunters (donso*) music of the Wassoulou region, but is a 'popular' theme in other Malian musical styles too.
Unfortunately the song breaks of after just over four and a half minutes.
*This is the official spelling. It is often pronouced as "dozo".
October 01, 2008
Moussolou
I first saw Oumou Sangaré when she was 'just a singer' with the Ensemble Djoliba Percussion of Bamba Dembelé. It was at the 1987 Angoulême festival and Bamba (who I had met when he played with the Super Djata Band) had invited us to stay at the youth hostel where not only he and his ensemble were staying, but also the Burundi Drummers.
We were woken rudely in the night by what sounded like a stampeding heard of cattle. It turned out that one of the Burundi Drummers had attempted to enter the dorm where the Malian girls were sleeping. He had been decisively (and forcibly) removed by Oumou.
I have later tried to get Oumou to talk about what exactly happened, but she doesn't want to be reminded of this early period of her -now blooming- career.
Here is a video from the early days of Oumou's career as a solo artist. It is probably from the beginning of 1988, - the year in which she had a huge hit in West-Africa with her cassette "Moussolou".
I especially like the dancer who comes in after 4 minutes. Wow!
We were woken rudely in the night by what sounded like a stampeding heard of cattle. It turned out that one of the Burundi Drummers had attempted to enter the dorm where the Malian girls were sleeping. He had been decisively (and forcibly) removed by Oumou.
I have later tried to get Oumou to talk about what exactly happened, but she doesn't want to be reminded of this early period of her -now blooming- career.
Here is a video from the early days of Oumou's career as a solo artist. It is probably from the beginning of 1988, - the year in which she had a huge hit in West-Africa with her cassette "Moussolou".
I especially like the dancer who comes in after 4 minutes. Wow!
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