Artist.......: Salif Keita
Album........: Live at Sakifo
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-04-12
Str.date.....: 2013-06-07
Quality......: 222kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://salifkeita.net
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1. Live at Sakifo 51:49
Runtime 51:49
Size 82.52
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Salif Keita gave up a lot to pursue his dreams of a career in music. Born to
royal lineage, with ancestral roots going back to Soundjata Keita, the founder
of the Malian Empire in 1240, Keita was disowned by his father after announcing
his plans to play music. Keita's dreams, however, were too strong to be
shattered. Moving to the capitol city of Bamako in 1967, he was soon playing in
nightclubs with one of his brothers. Within two years, he was invited to join
the Rail Band. A popular, government-sponsored group that played regularly at
the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, the Rail Band featured influential Malian guitar
player Kante Manfila. Keita's soulful singing soon brought the band to a much
higher plateau. In 1973, Keita and several members of the Rail Band relocated to
Abidjian, the capitol of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Renamed Les
Ambassadeurs Internationaux, the group continued to attract attention with their
lively fusion of Cuban, Zairean, and Malian influences.
In 1977, Keita received the prestigious National Order of Guinea from President
Ahmed Sekou Toure. Encouraged to pursue a solo career, Keita moved to Paris in
1984. Settling in the city's Montreuil section, he found a thriving community of
more than 15,000 transplanted Malians. Predictions of success proved true with
the release of Keita's debut solo album, Soro, in 1987. Produced by Ibrahim
Sylla, the album combined African, jazz, funk, Europop, and R&B influences.
Keita continued his recording career with several releases for Mango throughout
the '90s, including the Mansa of Mali anthology, before moving to Blue Note for
Papa in 1999 and then Decca, where he debuted with Moffou in 2002. Moffou was
considered some of Keita's finest work to date, and he received a Grammy
nomination for the album. Keita then returned to Bamako, Mali, in order to
record his next full-length effort, M'Bemba, which came out in 2006.