Salif Keita – Africa Remixed
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-africa-remixed/
“Africa” is a powerful song by Salif Keita, released in 1995 as part of his Folon album, produced by Wally Badarou and Jean-Philippe Rykiel. But the song got a special treatment, as a special CD containing 3 “Africa Remixed” versions. […]
Neba Solo & Benego Diakité - Djinê Mogo Tiki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyByK1_5XU
From album "A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking"
https://nebasolobenegodiakite.bandcamp.com/album/a-djinn-and-a-hunter-went-walking-2
Ishumar – Toumast
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toumast-2007/
Ishumar is the first album by band Toumast, released in October 2006.
Moussa Ag Keyna, a former Tuareg fighter who took refuge in France, formed the group Toumast in the spirit of Tinariwen in the mid-1990s. He was joined by the singer Aminatou Goumar.
Lead singer Moussa Ag Keyna who, together with Aminatou [Goumar] and French […]
Dielly Moussa Kouyaté – Na Kankou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dielly-moussa-kouyate-salif-keita-na-kankou/
Reknown Manding guitarist Dielly Moussa Kouyaté, born in Guinea in 1958 in a large family of griots, has been playing alongside famous artists and bands such as Bembeya Jazz, Salif Keita, Rail Band, Africando, Mamani Keita, etc. This song is from his album “Le Temps” in 2008, with multiple guests.
“I came to music naturally, […]
Amadou & Mariam – Bofou Safou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-mariam-bofou-safou/
From Amadou & Mariam‘s album “La Confusion”, an AfroPop and Dance release in 2017, after a five-year recording absence. In the dominant language of Mali, Bambara, “Bofou Safou” refers to someone who lives and dies for nothing, mainly “nonchalant young men who would rather dance than work.” The song is part of an EP that […]
Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-sketches-ethiopia/
Sketches of Ethiopia is the first internationally distributed studio album by Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke, released in 2013.
The album’s closing track is “Surma”, a collaboration with the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who co-wrote the song with Astatke.
Oumou Sangare – Kamelemba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangare-kamelemba/
Kamelemba is the second single, and probably the most interesting track, IMHO, from Sangare’s 5th album, Mogoya, in 2017. (See also the remixed versions)
After an eight year break from recording, Oumou returned with a more modernised sound on Mogoya (on the No Format label) in 2017. This was followed by extensive touring around the […]
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Ali Farka Touré - Savane (20th anniversary)
AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-savane/
05/29 - preorder: https://worldcircuit.lnk.to/aftsavaneEM
Oumou Sangaré - Moussolou [later]
Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela – Rejoice [later]
Mzee & Rafiki – We Are All Africans
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mzee-rafiki-salif-keita-all-africans/
From Mzee & Rafiki‘s Pan-African album “Timhamba” (2016) recorded in more than 10 countries with more than 30 musicians like Salif Keita (Mali), Wiyaala (Ghana), Brenda Mtambo (South Africa), Hishishi Papa (Namibia), Mbuso Khoza (South Africa), Bholoja (Swaziland) and many others.
Listen to “We are all Africans” with Salif Keita as guest.
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Kala Djula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PKdK_68r0A
From "Ali & Toumani" in 2010.
More on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-farka-toure-diabate/
Amadou & Mariam – Masiteladi Feat. M
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-mariam-masiteladi-feat-m/
The song “Masiteladi,” featuring Matthieu Chedid (aka -M-), was released on “Welcome to Mali” in 2008, and was part of a promo album in 2010 with remixes by multiple known DJs or artists (Bob Sinclar, Akon, Mo DJ…).
Keletigui Diabate Feat. Habib Koite – Summertime at Bamako
https://amf.didiermary.fr/keletigui-diabate-habib-koite-summertime-bamako/
“Summertime at Bamako” is a track on Kélétigui Diabaté’s album “Sandiya” with Habib Koité on guitar. The master balafonist revisits American composer George Gershwin’s Summertime from Porgy & Bess (1935).
“The song soon became a popular and much-recorded jazz standard, described as ‘without doubt … one of the finest [...]
Maravillas de Mali – Rendez-vous chez Fatimata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-mali-rendez-vous-fatimata/
“Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” est la signature d’une lointaine époque musicale, ancrée dans le Danzón (l’un des rythmes au tempo lent, qui s’interconnecte au Son Cubano) avec bien sûr des éléments de rythmes maliens.
Avec ce groupe mythique des années 60, c’est toute une nouvelle génération de musiciens qui montait sur scène. [...]
Oumou Sangaré – Moussolou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangare-moussolou/
Acclaimed for its outstanding production, Moussolou, Oumou’s first album sold over 250,000 copies in West Africa and established her as a major star in Mali and beyond. Its title translates as “Women” and many of the songs deal with her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated country that still embraces polygamy. Utterly modern and […]
Songhoy Blues – Worry
https://amf.didiermary.fr/optimisme-heritage-songhoy-blues-worry/
Songhoy Blues switched to acoustic instruments and invited many friends for their album “Héritage,” released in January 2025. A return to their roots, a chance to recharge. This follows “Optimisme” in 2020, with the single “Worry.”
Don’t worry
You’re gonna be happy
Keep working today
That smile will come one day
[…]
Dawda Jobarteh & Toumani Diabaté – Tabara
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dawda-jobarteh-toumani-diabate-tabara/
This is pure traditional Kora playing by Dawda Jobarteh & Toumani Diabaté.
The kora is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp.
In the late 20th century, a 24/5-string model of the kora […]
Mory Kante – La Guinéenne
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mory-kante-guineenne/
Sorti en 2012, “La Guinéenne” est le 11ème et dernier album de Mory Kante, avec pour thèmes récurrents l’optimisme et l’inspiration.Le titre de l’album fait écho à la chanson du même nom, où il témoigne de son amour pour l’Afrique et la Guinée.
Il prodigue à travers les titres de l’album un trésor de conseils […]
FANGA - KUNBE
https://kunbe.bandcamp.com/album/fanga
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Nainy Diabate & Le Kaladjula Band live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nainy-diabate-kaladjula-band-live/
In Mali, the griot Naïny Diabaté is a star. A singer since early childhood, she achieved success in the early 1980s. A tireless advocate for equality, she has placed women’s rights at the heart of Malian music, traditionally a very masculine genre. With this in mind, in 2013 she launched a project aimed at challenging […]
The Original Sound Of Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/original-sound-mali-compilations/
The two compilations “Original Sound Of Mali” offer a selection of songs from across the country in the 70s.
Following Mali’s independence, after ten years of maturation, the 1970s saw modern Malian culture revealed to the world through musical anthologies and overviews of national and regional productions. It was a remarkably fertile period of the […]
Tinariwen – Amadjar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-amadjar/
From album “Amadjar” in 2019, listen to this first track featuring Micah Nelson, best known as Neil Young’s guitarist. Noura Mint Seymali is also a guest on 3 other tracks.
Amadjar is the eighth album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, released in 2019. The album’s title means “the foreign traveler” in the Tamashek language. […]
Mali music star Salif Keïta cancels South African concerts over 'xenophobic violence'
Djelimady Tounkara – Fanta Bourama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djelimady-tounkara-fanta-bourama/
One of Africa’s most admired guitarists, the virtuosic Tounkara was the longtime lead player in the Rail Band (a.k.a. Super Rail Band), a popular Malian group that was born out of Africa’s midcentury craze for Latin music. On “Fanta Bourama,” a sparkling acoustic track, Tounkara plays a romantic, flamenco-style lead, showing off his chops for […]
Mama Sissoko – Sekechi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mama-badema-sissoko-sekechi/
In the 1970s, the Malian waves were largely influenced by American music, and Mama Sissoko affirmed his affinity for Blues and Soul music, and in particular that of Otis Redding.
He is friends with Ali Farka Touré from the mid-80s, they meet and play together amicably. 20 years later, Ali Farka was a world star […]
