Djeneba & Fousco - Kayeba Khasso - Music CD

$20.88
$20.88
Djeneba & Fousco - Kayeba Khasso - Music CD

Djeneba & Fousco - Kayeba Khasso - Music CD

$20.88
$20.88

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Mali's Djnba & Fousco are a couple, both in life and on stage. They represent the urbane Africa of today, which is both attached to it's history and fiercely determined to believe in the future. Challenging the usual clichd views of the continent's music, Djnba & Fousco are plugged into an electric Africa, cheerfully transforming melodies inspired by Mali's griot (troubadour) tradition into songs sparkling with formidably modern techniques. Djnba has one of the most fascinating voices in Mali today. Her juvenile appearance does nothing to mask her impressive mastery of the science of the Djeli griots, the direct Kouyat descendants of Balla Fassk Kouyat, 1st griot of Emperor Soundiata Keita. Djnba's art of improvisation and praise charmed all Mali when she took part in the country's famous national TV talent contest Tounkagouna in 2010 and won by a mile. Ever since that triumph, she has continued to attract an increasingly extensive range of fans. Guitar in hand, Fousco has joined the ranks of the Kayes region's greatest songwriters, including such masters as Habib Kot and Boubacar Traor. He met Djnba in the shadow of these giants after following on from her in the 2011 Tounkagouna talent show. Fousco's assertive vocals displayed an openly Mandingo timbre and he was already combining harmony, blues, melody and groove with extraordinary skill in his songs. The new first couple of Malian music are as comfortable describing the importance of love for Africa's young generation as they are alluding to the ordeals of adventurers (Tunkaranks or migrants). Their first album clearly reflects the desire expressed by the young people of Bamako for fun and a brighter future, together with the homesickness for their Kayes homeland felt by those who have been forced to leave it to find work.

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