At nearly sixty-five years old, the Malian remains one of the greatest voices of the African continent. Exceptional acoustic concert.
If tradition is to be believed, Salif Keita should not have made a career in music. But this noble Malian has always done as he pleased. Self-taught guitarist and inspired composer, the “Caruso of Mali” made a name for himself on the international scene in the early 1980s with the album “Mandjou”. For forty years, he has been one of the best-known ambassadors of West African music, constantly seeking to renovate the Mandingo tradition. “It is necessary that it grooves, what! And to do that, you have to mess with tradition! We have to do damage to the tradition. No more “degation”? Salif returns to Banlieues Bleues in a very rare formula, completely acoustic, as pure as ever: a kora, a n’goni lute, two singers, all the space for his guitars and his incomparable voice. As he likes…
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