Sauti Sol release new video
Sauti Sol is a Kenyan band that has been performing professionally since 2005.
Band members, Bien-Aime Baraza, Willis Chimano, Delvin Mudigi and Polycarp Otieno met in high school and were inspired from Fadhili Williams, Daudi Kabaka, Salif Keita and Lokua Kanza.
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Salif Keita to perform in New York and DC
Salif Keita is scheduled to perform in New York on April 9, 2011 at the Apollo Theater and will also be at an afterparty with fellow Malian musician, Amkoullel. This is indeed a treat for those who are avid fans of Keita. Originally from Bamako, Mali, Salif Keita has been sharing African music with the Diaspora for over 20 years. Born an albino with a royal lineage (he is a direct descendant of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire), he was cast out of his family (albinism is seen as cursed) and ended up a singer (frowned upon as this is a griot’s role and not one befitting a person of royal lineage). It is usually out of pain and hurt that some of the most poignant music is developed and we are not disappointed in Keita.
Salif Keita
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Amkoullel The Fula Child – Mali’s hip hop prodigy
U.S audiences are in for a treat as Amkoullel, a talented, award-winning, and socially committed Malian rapper who combines traditional and contemporary global genres to promote social responsibility, brings his unique charisma and style to them. Awards include three honors at the 2009 Mali Hip-Hop Awards. His fourth album, ‘Ne Ka Mali’, released in 2010 is already flying up the charts and was popular at the Festival au Desert.
Amkoullel
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Salif Keita Live at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, USA
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SALIF KEITA: ‘La Difference’
Today’s marks the release of Salif Keita’s new studio album, ‘La Difference (The Difference)’, one of his most anticipated album . The course behind this album is to benefit a charitable foundation that raises awareness against the Albino fight. Money raised from this album will go towards the pursuit of strengthening the support system for Albinos and the changes needed to be made in support to allow them to be treated like other people. It also calls for an end to the discrimination towards them.
In a press release statement Salif Keita asks all nations to support him in this quest by buying the album and not resulting to piracy and bootleg materials. ‘La Difference‘ is a twelve track album from Salif’s previously recorded tracks, and a few new ones. Some of the songs are meant to take the listeners on a journey towards what it really means to be an Albino, but it is a celebration for humanity and equality. Very moving !
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Oumou Sangare’s to release new album, ‘Seya’
Oumou Sangare, that great Malian singer, is scheduled to release her long awaited album, ‘Seya‘, on June 9 2009. An extremely popular musician in Mali and the Diaspora, Sangare is arguably Mali’s most recognized musician, second only, perhaps to Salif Keita. Alicia Keys said, “Her voice is captivating; even though I can’t understand what she is saying, I understand what she’s saying.”
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