Karantamba – Ndigal

https://amf.didiermary.fr/karantamba-ndigal/

Bai Janha, alias “Sweet Fingers,” composer, arranger, guitar player of Guelewar & Ifang Bondi, is undisputedly the most important musician to have come from Gambia. This unreleased recording presents Bai Janha with his psychedelic Karantamba, a school for young musicians, captured in Thiès (Sénégal) at “Sangomar” Club on 16th of August 1984. Band lea

#Manding #Psychedelic #Sénégal #TheGambia #OldAfricanMusic

Kélétigui Diabaté – Koulandian

https://amf.didiermary.fr/keletigui-diabate-koulandian/

He has been called the “bibliothèque de la musique Africaine” (library of African music) by younger African musicians, multi-instrumentalist Kélétigui Diabaté (1931-2012) was the unsung hero of West African music. Kélétigui was the first balafon player to use two instruments tuned a semitone apart to facilitate playing jazz! [...]

#Balafon #Instrumental #Mali #Manding #OldAfricanMusic

Bazoumana, the Djeli and his N’goni

https://amf.didiermary.fr/bazoumana-djeli-ngoni/

Bazoumana, or Banzumana, Sissoko (1890-1987) – aka the « old lion » – was a n’goni player, a Malian national treasure as well as a djeli (jeli) or griot.

"The quintessential n’goni player was the late Banzumana Sissoko, perhaps the most revered and beloved Malian griot of the century. Until his death in 1987, he […]

#60smusic #Mali #Manding #Ngoni

Kamele N’goni…

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kamele-ngoni/

J’assiste depuis un certain temps à l’éclosion “soudaine” dans le monde musical, d’un instrument hautement traditionnel, voire mystique, le Kamele N’goni (ou Kamale Ngoni).

Cet instrument traditionnel fait partie d’une […]

#BurkinaFaso #Kora #Mali #Manding #Ngoni

Kora Jazz Trio – Folly

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/

Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums […]

#Guinea #Jazz #Kora #LiveMusic #Manding #Sénégal

Mah Damba – Jarabi

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mah-damba-jarabi-diva-mali/

“Jarabi”, sung by Mah Damba with Korafola Djeli Moussa Diawara, appears on the compilation “Divas from Mali,” released in 1997.

Just close your eyes… Listen to the Diva and the Griot…

Mah Damba: vocals
Djeli Moussa Diawara: kora, vocals
Lansiné Kouyaté: balafon

#Balafon #Guinea #Kora #Mali #Manding

Djeli Moussa Diawara – Wouya Wouya

https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-wouya-wouya/

From his album “Yékéké (Paris 2010)“, Wouya Wouya is a 100% Manding solo track.

[Disclaimer: I was the producer of this album.]

#Guinea #Kora #Manding

New album by Salif Keita released today: So Kono

Listen: Chérie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a79PQZz5Crc

Review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/11/salif-keita-so-kono-review-the-golden-voice-still-has-it

Bandcamp: https://salifkeita.bandcamp.com/album/so-kono

#Mali #Manding #Acoustic #NowPlaying

Djeli Moussa Diawara – Yékéké (Paris 2010)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-yekeke-paris-2010/

Following the remastered version of “Yasimika (Abidjan 1982)”, “Yékéké (Paris 2010)” contains 9 tracks, recorded a few years before the release of this album, but never officially published.

It also contains new recordings of his 4 original songs from 1982, reworked in a studio in Paris with Guinean musicians. […]

#FullAlbum #Guinea #Manding #Kora