Salif Keita is one of the true giants of African music. For more than forty years he has been the goldsmith of modern Malian music, crossing musical and cultural frontiers with abandon, meshing rock, funk and jazz with the deepest West African traditions to forge a modern and original African sound.
‘The golden voice of Africa lifts the hearer as if the whole of human future depended on it.’ fRoots
‘Keita arrived like the superstar he is, enigmatic in white suit, white Panama hat and dark glasses; dropping to his knees before his mic-stand for dramatic effect. But the best thing about him was his voice. A grainy and searing tenor, its power continues to drop jaws, cause goosebumps.’ Evening Standard on Salif Keita at the Barbican.
‘Keita’s eight-piece band laid down a barrage of remorselessly funky grooves overlaid by Ousmane Kouyate’s sparkling guitar lines.’ The Telegraph on Salif Keita at WOMAD.
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