Vieux Farka Touré – Ay Bakoy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/vieux-farka-toure-ay-bakoy/
Extrait de l’album “Mon Pays” de Vieux Farka Touré en 2013. […]
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Vieux Farka Touré – Les Racines
https://amf.didiermary.fr/vieux-farka-toure-les-racines/
Back to his late father’s roots (Ali Farka Touré), as well as the Blues in this album “Les Racines” released in 2022.
The title, which translates as ‘the roots’, represents a deep reconnection with the Songhai music of Northern Mali known as ‘Desert Blues’, made famous by his father via his own releases decades earlier. […]
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Maravillas de Mali – Boogaloo sera Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-de-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/
Si “Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” était la Face B du 45T (7″) sorti au mois de septembre 1972, la Face A était ce “Boogaloo sera Mali.”
Les 2 titres ont été réédités en 1983 sur l’album “Les Merveilles Du Mali – Maravillas De Mali”, avec les arrangements de Boncana Maiga.
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Neba Solo & Benego Diakité - Djinê Mogo Tiki (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyByK1_5XU
From "A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking" (02/2026)
https://nebasolobenegodiakite.bandcamp.com/album/a-djinn-and-a-hunter-went-walking-2
Tidiani Koné & Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tidiani-kone-poly-rythmo-de-cotonou/
Tidiani Koné (1926-2001) was the Rail Band leader and the first musician to introduce brass instruments such as the saxophone or trumpet in Malian/Mandingue music. He’s also the one who give Salif Keita his chance to sing…
Tidiani Koné played traditional instruments like the n’goni and the traditional flute, before becoming a saxophonist in the […]
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AfroCubism
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrocubism/
AfroCubism was a dream project: the original intention for Buena Vista Social Club was to be a stellar collaboration of musicians from Mali and Cuba.
The original plan finally came to life in 2010, with an incredible line-up including Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyaté, Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabaté, Grupo Patria, Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté. […]
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Toumani and Sidiki Diabate
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toumani-sidiki-diabate/
Toumani and Sidiki Diabate, father & son, collaborated on an album of duets.
Described as “the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré” (The Guardian) ‘Toumani & Sidiki’ is a dialogue conducted through the Kora.
Father-and-son collaborations are rare enough but the ties binding Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté are particularly profound […]
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Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/
Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.
Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé. In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” the debut [...]
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Balimaya Project – For Aziz Feat. Afronaut Zu
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-aziz-afronaut-zu/
The first track from their album “When The Dust Settles”, “For Aziz” features Afronaut Zu with Balimaya Project.
If Balimaya Project’s debut album emphasised tradition & culture in a collective sense, their second album “When The Dust Settles” addresses the emotional and […]
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Balimaya Project – Wolo So
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-soninka-patronba/
The Balimaya Project is a collective of 16 musicians in UK (including members of Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble), fusing traditional Mandingo music with Jazz.
The Balimaya Project synthesizes and bridges London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa.
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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).
Voici des artistes que j’ai pu découvrir en ligne au fil du temps. […]
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Mory Kante – Soumba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mory-kante-soumba/
“Soumba” is from Mory Kante‘s album “Touma” (moment) in 1990 with Carlos Santana on Lead Guitar.
The whole album is a combination of Manding music and Pop/Rock arrangements.
The Zulu voice and guitar of Ray Phiri also appears on the 6th track “Touma Wimoweh,” a revisited version of the classic “The lion sleeps tonight.”
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Ali Farka Touré – Safari
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-safari/
This track, Safari, is from the posthumous album “Voyageur”, from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, that was released on 10th March 2023, produced with Ali’s son Vieux Farka Touré.
It is the first release of unheard Touré material since 2010’s posthumous Grammy-winning Ali & Toumani, and features a collection of gems captured […]
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Kasse Mady Diabate was a Malian singer, musician and griot. His soft and particular voice with deep undertones - an atypical characteristic for a griot - earned him the nickname "The golden voice of Mali". Kasse Mady sadly passed suddenly in 2018, while recording the album. To honour her fathers legacy, his daughter Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté, decided to finish the work her father had started.