After the rain comes the good weather? In any case, this is what African artists hope for after these two years hard hit by the Covid. Two long years during which many musicians, singers, rappers, could not go on stage or release new albums. After having to adapt to the restrictions imposed by the global health crisis, it is time for many artists to resume their usual activities.
It’s been a long time since musical notes resonated in a concert hall. The fault of the Covid. Faced with canceled festivals and postponed tours, artists have had to reinvent themselves.
This is what Didier Awadi, Senegalese musician and rapper, did. He had to find roundabout ways to practice his art in unprecedented conditions: “ For our part, we created a TV show, where we played music, we created, but it’s not easy because there were a lot of dates that we lost, tours almost everywhere, we didn’t win as much, but we had fun. »
But the epidemic is receding and artistic activity is gradually resuming. Didier Awadi is coming back with a new album soon: “ There, we hope that business will pick up, that the tours precisely with a new album, it will open doors and in any case we hope that the new album will be available by May, we are working on it! It was so hard that we even had the white sheet syndrome, it was complicated… Today, the inspiration has returned and it’s all that will be found, at least personally, in my next album. »
To devote himself fully to the release of his album, Didier Awadi will only find his audience in concert in the fall.
Gabonese artists have transformed confinement into a period of creation.
In a small studio, Arnold Djoud puts the finishing touches on one of the clips from his new album. Eye! is the evocative title of this ten-track recording.
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