Mansour Seck
N'der Fouta Tooro Vol. 1
$17.99
The legendary guitarist of Dande Lenol occasionally steps out on his own, and this recording (along with Volume 2) is one of the best guitar recordings to come out of the region. Direct and untainted by technology (save for some electric bass), musician and singer Seck is joined by guitars, hoddu, kora, ngoni and percussion, and the guest vocalists Baaba Maal and Ousmane Hamady Diop on this set of deep roots from Senegal.
Audio samples (MP3, 30-40 seconds, 1.4 meg)
"Tabakaly" Baaba Maal, vocal
Alamy Boucoun" Mansour Seck, vocal
audio (p) and ©1994 Stern's, used by permission
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A review of Volume 2: "Seck's intensely passionate voice is held aloft by the warmly resonant guitar picking style not heard since the heyday of legendary John Bosco Mwenda in the 1950s. Here, the guitar and Seck's voice trade places; the instrument becomes the storyteller even as Seck's voice becomes the instrument. Hanging on the tail of this emerging star is the talented Mauritanian griot Ousmane Hamady Diop whose debut on both albums promise great things to come." - Opiyo Oloya, RootsWorld |
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