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01. Mamadou Kelly - Woma Gara
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02. Mamadou Kelly - Adinna Kadidja
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03. Mamadou Kelly - Les Bateaux / The Boats
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04. Mamadou Kelly - Tchiokoroba
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05. Mamadou Kelly - Sinewe / l'Eglise de Tominia
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06. Mamadou Kelly - Lana Hidjori
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07. Mamadou Kelly - Nayes
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08. Mamadou Kelly - Oumou Diallo
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09. Mamadou Kelly - Nisi TIndi
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10. Mamadou Kelly - Haira (Dave Cook Remix)
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11. Mamadou Kelly - Ni Allah (Dave Cook Remix)
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12. Mamadou Kelly - Haira (David Harrow Remix)
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13. Mamadou Kelly - Nayes (Video Edit)
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ARTIST
KELLY, MAMADOU
TITLE
Les Bateaux (The Boats)
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
CLERMONT MUSIC
CATALOG #
CLE 027CD
CLE 027CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
11/22/2019
In the early 1970s, a devastating drought brought famine to the West African Sahel. This environmental disaster destroyed the region's agricultural and livestock economy. Millions of people were affected. International relief efforts tried to send emergency aid. "Les Bateaux", the title track of this album, recalls those hard years. It paints a scene of Malian villagers standing on the banks of the Niger River anxiously awaiting the boats carrying food.
Mamadou Kelly
remembers those years as he calls out the name of each boat's longed for appearance over the horizon. Kelly sings about life. He praises and thanks those who do admirable things. He evokes the spirits of collective memory. Seemingly simple, upon listening, his songs reveal multi-layered complexity. He is a master of the desert blues. His group on this album includes longtime colleague
Aly Magassa
(electric guitar),
Kande Sissoko
(ngoni), and
Hamadoun "Afo" Guindo
(percussion). They are joined on tracks by Malian musicians
Adama Sidibe
(balafon(,
Madou Diabate
(violin), and
Hama Sangho
(backup vocal), as well as American friends
Jacob Silver
(bass),
Cindy Cashdollar
(lap steel guitar), and
David Rothenberg
(clarinets).
Les Bateaux
was recorded live in Bamako and New York. The tracks were mixed in New York and Los Angeles, and mastered in New York. CD version contains four bonus tracks including a techno remix by
David Harrow
as well as
Dave Cook
's remix of two tracks from Kelly's recent EP,
Ni Allah
.
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