Singer and musician Djeli Moussa Condé returns with a third album, “ African Mama “. A return to the sources and traditions of West Africa in music. A mixed record, also more acoustic, for this Guinean griot, who has been nourished for almost 30 years by his Parisian life and his many travels.
He is a huge chorister. With a K. Car Djeli Moussa Coundé doesn’t do backing vocals, but plays the kora. Yet he has a voice, and not just a little. A hoarse voice which, in a powerful marriage with the crystalline sound of its strings, pays – in its new album – a vibrant homage to Africa. A return to roots and tradition, a return to acoustics also for the Guinean griot, who has lived in Paris for nearly 30 years.
Eleven titles whose words and notes rise to speak to young people, and tell the Africa of always, today and tomorrow, with humanity and sensitivity. ” African Mama », the new album by Djeli Moussa Coundé is available at Pias.
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