Artist.......: Bako Dagnon
Album........: Sidiba
Label........: Discograph
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: 6146642
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-16-2010
str.date.....: Nov-23-2009
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.myspace.com/bakodagnon
track title time
01. Wouya Larana 05:15
02. N'Ouhoumba 04:14
03. M'Ba 04:35
04. Le Guide de la Revolution 05:46
05. Sidiba 05:36
06. Badjigui 05:12
07. Tiga 05:02
08. Alpha Yaya 06:20
09. Kono 09:33
10. Fadeen To 06:20
11. Be Be Bori I No Fe 03:52
Runtime 61:45 min
Size 82,9 MB
Release Notes:
Malian singer Bako Dagnon's voice has a grit and
power that will likely remind listeners of Salif
Keita. Unlike Keita, though, there's no attempt, no
matter how slight, at pop crossover. If you're
interested in authenticity and tradition, this
album, featuring primarily acoustic instruments
(guitar and gentle percussion), traditional
melodies, and call-and-response vocals, will make
you happy; Dagnon and her producers have made every
effort to keep the music sounding "world
music-ish." She takes a soulful lead vocal as two
or three other women sing backups like gentle
breezes floating past. Dagnon's emotional voice,
atop the repetitive guitar figures, recalls both
the "African blues" of fellow Malians like Ali
Farka TourΘ and flamenco. The lyrics, primarily in
Bambara save "La Guide de la RΘvolution," which as
its title suggests is sung in French, presumably
deal with traditional topics, folklore, et cetera;
Dagnon has been singing for over three decades, and
Sidiba is her seventh album, though only the second
to achieve release outside her homeland. Without
understanding a word, it's possible to let this
music drift from the speakers and fill the room
with a paradoxically calm urgency.