Artist.......: Djelimady Tounkara
Album........: Solon K⌠no
Label........: Marabi
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: 10-10-2005
str.date.....: 00-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.marabi.net/djeli_mady/une.htm
track title time
01. Fanta Bourama 05:47
02. IkadignΘ 04:43
03. Solon K⌠no 04:01
04. Bolondola 05:46
05. M'BΘmatoma 05:49
06. TΘguindo 05:53
07. Adama 03:58
08. Kanougnogon 04:51
09. SarankΘgni 08:08
10. TΘyΘ 04:34
Runtime 53:30 min
Size 82,5 MB
Release Notes:
Following the success of the first album under his name,
ôSigui ô, realesead by Label Bleu in 2001 and garanted
the BBC World Music Awards for African music in 2002,
DjΘlimady Tounkara is back with ôSolon K⌠no ô, marking a
new step in the career of this great Malian guitarist.
For years the bandleader and soloist of the most
prestigious Mandingo rock group, namely BamakoÆs Super
Rail Band, he has also developped a personal career on
the side. Favouring more acoustic and melodic music, he
has gathered together some of BamakoÆs best young talent
and come up with a new band which highlights his skills as
a guitarist and his exceptional gift as a composer and
arranger. Recorded at BamakoÆs Studio Bogolan during an
intense week rich in emotion, this album has allowed
DjΘlimady Tounkara to expand his range of musical colours.
Made confident by his long experience and his recent
musical encounters (notably with some great figures of
Mandingo music for the album ôMandekalouô, and with the
American guitarist Bill Frisell),
DjΘlimady has given free reign to his improvisational
talent on acoustic guitar (as well as on electric guitar
on two pieces) in a subtle and elegant fashion. A faithful
guardian of tradition, he has managed to modernise it
without betrayal, endowing it with a universal tone and
character. ôSolon K⌠noô is an album by a great, inspired
guitarist, and it marks a new stage in the rich and varied
history of Malian music.