Salif Keita News

 
Pasadena Weekly
Mali to Manhattan
Pasadena Weekly
Recorded in Salif Keita's Mouffou Studios in Bamako, “Sabani” is not a case of voguish experimentation, despite the global fascination with Malian music over the past half decade. Listeners expecting the trance-like grooves associated with the bluesy ...


 
Q&A: Leni Stern jazz guitarist, on new Malian collaboration
CBC Radio 3 (blog)
Stern's latest, Sabani, was recorded in Salif Keita's studio in Bamako, and is rightly being billed as, “a catchy dialogue across traditions.” Catchy doesn't mean insubstantial though - far from it. Ms. Stern's exploration of West African music runs ...


 
World Music: Where are the East Africans?
Mshale African Community Newspaper
If you asked a random group of American world music fans to rattle off names of African musicians, it will most likely include Youssou N'dour, Baaba Maal, Habib Koite, Salif Keita, Ali Farka Toure, Angelique Kidjo and Fela Kuti.


 
PopMatters
Jah Youssouf and Bintou Coulibaly: Sababou
PopMatters
This is a far cry from the thumping Afro-pop of Fela Kuti, or even the highly produced music of Salif Keita or the sultry desert blues of Tinariwen. Youssouf and Bintou dispense with all that electric intensity but still create a mood that is, ...


 
Sissoko: Pressure is positive
Fifa.com
Many gifted players have represented Mali since the era that produced 1970 African Player of the Year Salif Keita, including Frederic Kanoute, Mahamadou Diarra and Seydou Keita. The Eagles finished runners-up to Congo at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations ...


 
Deccan Chronicle
Of confluences and broken rhythms
Deccan Chronicle
His group, The Glimpse, formed in 1988, has shared the stage with the likes Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and REM, along with musicians like Youssou N'dour, Baaba Maal and Salif Keita. The Kathak, African Fantasy and Beat of Love happened as a result of ...


 
Kaïssa's Joy
World Music Central
Kaïssa began her musical apprenticeship in Paris, singing backing vocals for some of the greatest musicians to emerge from Africa: including Salif Keita and Manu Dibango. In 1996 she emigrated to New York. Here, she began to sing, songwrite and record ...