OumouSangare
Acoustic
Douban
Oumou Sangaré
release date 2020-06-19 publisher: No Format
Re-imagining her much-praised 2017 release ‘Mogoya’ totally unplugged, in live sessions recorded over just two days, ‘Acoustic’ consolidates Sangaré’s position as Mali’s leading opinion-maker, established with her 250,000-selling 1989 debut Moussolou, which did much for the feminist cause in West Africa. The release of ‘Mogoya’ in 2017 signaled the return of Oumou Sangaré after 8 years. With that album, the woman who’d swapped selling water on the streets of Bamako for global stardom reconnected with her audience. Balancing the traditional music of Wassoulou and a forwards-facing curiosity, Malian instruments were augmented by electric guitar, bass and synths, with Tony Allen on drums. Oumou was painted by Congolese artist JP Mika for the front cover, and more recently sampled by Beyoncé (who used ‘Diaraby Nene’ without permission on ‘MOOD 4 EVA’). Never before had Sangaré appeared so far removed from her home country - it’s a dynamic that ‘Acoustic’ redresses, with Oumou embodying the same freedom & audacity of her debut, 30 years ago. It’s the fighter, the undefeated rebel that you find here on this snapshot of an album.
Worotan
Douban
Oumou Sangare
release date 1997-07-01 publisher: Nonesuch
Oumou Sangare 堪稱是馬利共和國最有名的Wassoulou女歌手,人稱「馬利共和國的瑪丹娜」,點出她的美貌與音樂影響力。 Wassoulou位於首都巴馬科的南方,該地區居民是Bamana人與Fula的混血,使用Fula姓氏,但說的是Bamana語。八○年代以前,馬利共和國的音樂是以Jali(亦即Griot,史官歌者)形式的音樂為主,因為傳統上,除了Jali外,一般人是不能歌唱的,八○年代後,馬利面臨空前的經濟不景氣,使得仰賴貴族或喜慶饋贈的Jali音樂走下坡,取而代之的是Wassoulou音樂。 Wassoulou的文化沒有Jali,音樂全部來自早年獵人的傳統。五音音階,使用六弦的獵人豎琴(donsongoni),現在樂手一般用的是改良式、體積較小的六弦豎琴,名叫(kamalengoni),意指(the youth's harp),是一種年輕人使用的樂器。kamalengoni有一種略帶神經質的高音,節奏比較猛烈,經常出現抓弦技巧。 Wassoulou地區的音樂,演唱者以女人為主,早年較受歡迎的女歌手有六○年代的Kagbe Sidibe、七○年代的Coumba Sidibe,八○年代的Nahawa Doumbia,近年則以Oumou Sangare最有名。 她在一九八六年,年僅十八歲時便到歐洲與加勒比海巡迴演唱,伴奏的是一個由kamalengone領軍的大樂隊,共使用的二十七件樂器,幾乎是全原音伴奏,獲得了歐洲人重視。 一九八九年,她推出第一張個人專輯Moussolou(女人),在馬利境內是卡帶發行,共賣出了二十萬卷,被譽稱為馬利的瑪丹娜。此後她連續在一九九二年出版Ko Sira,一九九五年的Worotan都獲得極高的評價,在歐洲均登上世界音樂排行榜。 Oumou Sangare在馬利境內受到歡迎,不僅是因為音樂,也因為她的反叛姿態與強硬的立場,她鼓吹女人抵制一夫多妻制,反對女人無條件地順從男人,也在她的歌曲中鼓吹這些女權想法,被認為是馬利的女英雄。