Ségou to Lagos, by Solomane Doumbia

Ségou to Lagos

by Solomane Doumbia

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tonypi Awesome Mali music with stunning vocals from Rokia Kouyate and Mahamdou Sidibe. Jazz edge to the brass but nicely restrained.

How to pick a favourite track?
Muso, with its skipping Mande zouk beat and Rokia's beautiful vocal.
Baga Kanjo, the slowly unveiling first track with n'goni, Rokia leading then switching to Mahamadou.
Diarabi, has the most perfect balance of n'goni, acoustic guitar, percussion, brass and vocals.

You really have to get this one! Favorite track: Diarabi.

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1.	Baga Kanjo 03:51	info	buy track
2.	Diarabi 05:26		buy track
3.	Ségou to Lagos 03:30	info	buy track
4.	Kele 03:23		buy track
5.	Farafina 03:34		buy track
6.	Nekela 03:36		buy track
7.	Muso 03:43		buy track
8.	Lamini 03:34		buy track

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It was in January 2020 that Solomane Doumbia composed and recorded the tracks for the album "Ségou to Lagos" in Bamako. The recordings took place at night, Solo would take his guitar and start playing riffs. Then he would go to the computer to compose the beats that would have been interpreted and enriched by Malian musicians directed by Solo.

Solo is one of those great artists who made the golden age of Malian music and every time Solo picks up an instrument, sings or dances, a singular light shines on him. Life has not always been easy for Solo, but his brilliant musical intuition has never failed him. For a long time, he was Salif Keita's percussionist and arranger on some of his albums. He has accompanied him on all his tours, from his beginnings in Abidjan where they met until 2013.

This opus "Ségou à Lagos" is above all a tribute to another great artist, Tidiani Koné. Like Solo, the work and life of the great Tidiani Koné are little known to the general public, but it was he who first built a bridge between the music of Mali and Nigeria and who inspired and arranged the rhythms that made up Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.

Solomane Doumbia owes part of his inspiration to Tidiani Koné and this album, this tribute, brings afrobeat back to his other homeland, Ségou, Mali.

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released February 17, 2023

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Solomane Doumbia Bamako, Mali

Solo is one of those great artists who made the golden age of Malian music. Life has not always been easy for Solo, but his brilliant musical intuition has never failed him. For a long time, he was Salif Keita's percussionist and arranger on some of his albums. He has accompanied him on all his tours, from his beginnings in Abidjan where they met until 2013. ... more

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