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| Idrissa Soumaoro [from the cover of a version of his album 'Kote'] |
The musical credentials of Idrissa Soumaoro are impeccable. Having learnt his trade with Les Ambassadeurs with Salif Keita in Bamako, he has been a force within Malian music for a number of years, receiving the Knight of the National order of Mali in recognition of his contribution to Malian culture and music. Idrissa is an amazing person, by day he teaches music to visually handicapped children and teaches them to read through the use of braille; in the evenings he then plays his music. Rooted in the blues, there are obvious comparisons to Ali Farke Toure and Boubacar Traore, but there is a freshness and originality to his music.
source: biography for 2003 international realease of 'Kote' [wrasse]
Listen to Ouili Ka Bo fom the session
SOUMAORO-IDRISSA-20040516_Kershaw Session BBC
setlist: 1.Ouili Ka Bo (Go Away) / explanation by Idrissa / 2.Wari (Money) / 3.M'ba Den Ou (Brothers and Sisters) / explanation by Idrissa / 4.N'taki (Gangsters)
bc.2004.May.16, BBC Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw [rec.date unknwon]
line-up: Idrissa Soumaoro - vocals, guitar, kamele n'goni
As this is a short session, I searched for more from Idrissa, couldn't find. And therefore settled as bonus for a [short] session by "Les Ambassadeurs [a Trois]":
setlist: b1.Primpin / interview with Salif Keita / b2.Djata
bc.2015.Jun.12, France Inter - Partons en Live [seems live broadcast]
line-up: Salif Keita - vocals, guitar / Ousmane Kouyaté - guitar / Guy Nwogang - percussion
note: both tracks originally released in 1981 on Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux [LP, Sako Productions #SP.002]
More about Idrissa Soumaoro at
- very good post at Wallahi Le Zein! - incl.audio from his 1969 solo recordings for Radio Nationale du Mali [highly recommended]
- 2004 interview at Mali-Music [incl.in download]
- 2004 interview at The Independent [incl.in download]
- 2004.December Idrissa won the RFI World Music Award
- 2010 article about the release of Djitoumou at RFI Musique [in French]
- 2015 interview at Africa Vivre [in French]
- 2015 interview with 3 Ambassadeurs [incl.Idrissa Soumaoro] at RFI Musique [in French]
Discography of Idrissa Soumaoro:
1969: recordings for Radio Nationale du Mali - audio from tapes available at Wallahi Le Zein!197x: Petit Imprudent EP [7" EP, Safie Deen #S.33] - at les disques africains
1978: Idrissa Soumaoro & L'eclipse - Ampsa / Le tioko-tioko [LP, Eterna #830084]
reissued in 2014 by singasongfighter
2003: Kote [CD, Wrasse Records/Syllart Production]
2010: Djitoumou [CD, Lusafrica]
1970s & 2015: several releases with Les Ambassadeurs
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