Speaking of discoveries, did you know the Super Rail Band
performed with this singer ? Ouedraogo Mamadou is the
name and the album is astonishing good. Check out the
line-up on this LP;

Dexter Johnson – 1e saxo
Kabine – 2e saxo
Issa Touncara – guitare bass
Djelimadi Tounkara – guitare solo
Djeli Moussa – guitare d’accompagnemer
Cheick Tidjane – orgue
Leo – batterie
Sekou – tumba
Ouedraogo Mamadou – chanteur
Mory Kante – 1e coeur
Sekou Kante – 2e coeur

tracks;

1 Dioulou koussoube
2 Nong tem sega
3 Sovo p.e.r.
4 Toem zougo

out of words..

tracks;

1 Seydou bathily
2 Saly
3 Jean ou Paul
4 Une larme d’amitie
5 Super-coulou

Re-Post

Ambassadeur International

Kante Manfila : Chef d’orchestre, Guitare solo
Cissoko Moussa : Saxo-alto-tenor
Traore Kabine ( Tagus ) : Trompette
Salif Keita : Vocal
Ousmane Dia : Vocal
Nouhoun Keita : Batterie
Ousmane Kouyate : Guitare accompagement
Sekou Diabate : Guitare basse
Kaba Kante : Balafon
Smith : Orgue

Title : Mandjou
Label : Badmos
Number BLP 5040
Year of ( re- ) release : 1979

tracks;

1 Mandjou
2 Kandja
3 4V
4 N’toman
5 Balla

R.I.P. Kante Manfila 1946 – 2011

P.S.
At first I didn’t realize I already posted it back in 2009.
Other copy, slightly different cover.
This one’s more dynamic.

From 1979 we have this second volume of Kante Manfila
and Salif Keita’s ‘Dans l’authenticité’.
You can find some info here .

tracks;

1 Tara
2 Dimbassin
3 Toubaka
4 Badougou

Promised Arnaud to post some ‘kompa’ but every time
I start listening it just doesn’t get to me like it does to you.
Shame and scandal in the family, really sorry but I need some
time to get there. Meanwhile I’ll post something that you might like
aswell although quite different. From Mali we have Les
Ambassadeurs with Salif Keita and Kanté Manfila, it’s a
Sonafric release from 1976.
Got the music but no got no info, wanna try anyway ?

tracks;

1 Diandjon
2 Wara
3 Kibaru

Ali ‘Farka’ Toure was born Ali Ibrahim Touré in Bamako, Mali.
He was the 10th son but the only one that survived. His parents
nick-named him ‘Farka’, which means donkey, because he was so
stubborn and persistant. Famous in all of Africa his music is a blend
of traditional Malinese and blues. Ali reached worldfame with his ’94
album ‘Talking Timbuktu’ which he made with Ry Cooder. The album
was crowned with a Grammy award as was his 2005 album ‘In the heart
of the Moon’ with Toumani Diabate. He died 66 years old of bonecancer.
Listen to this 1979 LP on Sonafric, Ali Toure – dit “Farka”.

tracks;

1 Banga
2 Kombocallia
3 Samarya
4 Hany
5 Djoungou
6 Doya
7 Kady

From 1982, this is Na Hawa Doumbia’s second album. One of
the three she recorded in Mali shortly after being discovered.
She became maybe Mali’s most popular Wassoulou singer.
I am most impressed by the freshness of her young voice
which belongs amongst the worlds finest, no doubt. The LP has
some crackles but that can’t keep us from enjoying her pure
and beautiful sound before moving to Paris and changing to a
much more modern appraoch. Enjoy Na Hawa Doumbia.

tracks;

1 Sakòrò mery
2 Demisen kulu
3 Ma i ni wula
4 Jigi yiri

Mamadou Doumbia is a footballplayer from Côte d’Ivoire but we are not
talking about him. This Mamadou Doumbia is a guitarist from Côte d’Ivoire,
we have volume two here on Badmos Records.
tracks;

1 Horonya sira
2 Mousso itelen
3 Djocouadjo
4 Komi ikalon
5 San kolo
6 San gara
7 Ani barrah
8 N’te rithie

tracks;

1 Intro
2 Courougnene
3 Mariama
4 Intermede
5 N’diarabi
6 Bantiero
7 Mariage

From Mali we have this album of Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux.
These guys are legends, Composer Guitarist Kante Manfila and
Singer Salif Keita, Le Domingo de la Chanson they called him.
Great piece of Malinese music from 1981.

tracks;

1 Mana mani
2 Diata
3 Marfa
4 Primpin
5 Toubaka 81