Djeli Moussa Diawara – Wouya Wouya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-wouya-wouya/
From his album “Yékéké (Paris 2010)“, Wouya Wouya is a 100% Manding solo track.
[Disclaimer: I was the producer of this album.]
Mah Damba – Jarabi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mah-damba-jarabi-diva-mali/
“Jarabi”, sung by Mah Damba with Korafola Djeli Moussa Diawara, appears on the compilation “Divas from Mali,” released in 1997.
Just close your eyes… Listen to the Diva and the Griot…
Mah Damba: vocals
Djeli Moussa Diawara: kora, vocals
Lansiné Kouyaté: balafon
Djeli Moussa Diawara – Haidara (remastered)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-haidara-remastered/
Here’s the full 2010 remastered version of Haidara DMD recorded in Abidjan in 1982 for his 1st album.
Read the stories about the album on Wikipedia.
This song was used in at least 2 movies & soundtracks…
Kora Jazz Trio – Folly
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/
Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums […]
Djeli Moussa Diawara – Yékéké (Paris 2010)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-yekeke-paris-2010/
Following the remastered version of “Yasimika (Abidjan 1982)”, “Yékéké (Paris 2010)” contains 9 tracks, recorded a few years before the release of this album, but never officially published.
It also contains new recordings of his 4 original songs from 1982, reworked in a studio in Paris with Guinean musicians. […]
New album by Salif Keita released today: So Kono
Listen: Chérie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a79PQZz5Crc
Kamele N’goni…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kamele-ngoni/
J’assiste depuis un certain temps à l’éclosion “soudaine” dans le monde musical, d’un instrument hautement traditionnel, voire mystique, le Kamele N’goni (ou Kamale Ngoni).
Cet instrument traditionnel fait partie d’une […]
Bazoumana, the Djeli and his N’goni
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bazoumana-djeli-ngoni/
Bazoumana, or Banzumana, Sissoko (1890-1987) – aka the « old lion » – was a n’goni player, a Malian national treasure as well as a djeli (jeli) or griot.
"The quintessential n’goni player was the late Banzumana Sissoko, perhaps the most revered and beloved Malian griot of the century. Until his death in 1987, he […]
