Habib Koité & Bamada - Baro
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Artist: Habib Koité & 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: Hypnotic Harmonics
Rating: 5 Stars
It takes just a few seconds of listening to the first track, "Batoumambe," on "Baro," Habib Koité and Bamada's third album, to realize that this is powerful, unique, and very good music. Especially evident are the use of harmonics across many instruments and many songs. The harmonics have a hypnotic quality to them that must be experienced to be fully understood.
For listeners not familiar with Koité, he sings (primarily) in the Bambara language of his native Mali. This language adds significantly to the entire musical composition. Koité's calm and strong voice is really a separate, and powerful, instrument across these works.
From the upbeat and rhythmic "Sin Djen Djen" to the rich tapestry of "Sambara," Koité weaves a consistent harmonic approach to music through a variety of songs and tempos. Highly recommended to all listeners.
Description of Baro
Now with his third album, Habib Koité 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. Koité 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 Koité 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. Koité 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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