Habib Koit? & Bamada - Baro
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Artist: Habib Koit? & BamadaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Soundtracks:
- Batoumambe
- Kanawa
- Wari
- Sin Djen Djen
- Cigarette Abana
- Woulaba
- Baro
- Sambara
- Roma
- Tere
- Mali Sadiro
- Takamba
- Sinama Dehw
Music reviews of Baro
Music Review: Great African production with a lot of Cuban clave
Rating: 5 Stars
I keep seeing Habib Koite`s face around in my Putumayo music albums. Then I purchased a new Computer and two of his songs were included. I really enjoyed them, and decided to purchase this album. The man can play some serious guitar, going from some fast songs to some slow tempo. However as a latin music fan, what struck me as most accessible was that many songs were on clave(rhythmic basis for a lot of latin music), specially the fifth song, Cigarette a Bana, which is basically a son\salsa song, the only track in spanish, with the piano part being played by the Malian Xylophone.
Aside from the reasons given by other costumers, this is a good album to explore the African-Latin connection.
Description of Baro
Now with his third album, Habib Koit? has grown into a real triple threat. Not only is he a superb songwriter and singer, he's also a trained guitarist of remarkable style and invention, whose playing inspiration comes from native instruments, such as the harp-like kora--he often imitates its rippling runs--or the lute-like n'goni. Koit? is very rooted, both in his own playing and that of his band, Bamada, but the structure and harmonies of his songs are readily accessible to Western audiences, a move away from the more bluesy idioms of, say, Boubacar Traore. Add to that a lilting, seductive voice, and Koit? basically has all the goods in one package. At the same time, this is no compromise album in search of stardom in the West. This is very much the real Mali deal, as is apparent in the last few cuts, when the band switches to a more Wassoulou approach (from the south of the country, and typified by singers like Oumou Sangare), with its harsher, drier tone. But by then you've been won over. Koit? is, without doubt, a major talent, and this record could well be his breakthrough to the big time. He's paid his dues and earned his status. The man is a star. --Chris NicksonGeneral CDs
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