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Baro (Import) (CD)

By: Habib Koite & Bamada

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Baro (Import) (CD) Album By Habib Koite & Bamada
1   Batoumanbe  
2   Kanawa (Please Don't Go)  
3   Wari (Money)  
4   Sin Djen Djen (He Can Flutter)  
5   Cigarette Abana (No More Cigarettes)  
6   Woulaba (Deep In The Bush)  
7   Baro (Chat)  
8   Sambara (Shoe)  
9   Roma  
10   Tere (Sign)  
11   Mali Sadio (Hippopotamus Sadio)  
12   Takamba (Take My Hand)  
13   Sinama Denw (Children Of Co-Wives)  
 

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Review

Down Beat (9/01, pp.57-8) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...He sounds like the African equivalent of James Taylor, massaging the bluest of situations until they simmer with romance."
JazzTimes (12/01, p.119) - "...A polished sound...it's smoothly mixed production suggesting the kind of world-beat lite going around these days..."
CMJ (7/23/01, p.16) - "...An African album that's perfectly accessible...An ideal balance for crossover success..."
NAPRA Review (11-12/01, p.64) - "...In an eclectic mix of Malian styles, this intent and focused musician delivers an unparalleled taste of his native land..."

Product note

Bamada: Habib Koite (vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, maracas); Boubacar Sidbe (acoustic guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Keletigui Diabate (violin, balafon); Abdoul Wahab Berthe (bass, percussion); Souleymane Ann (drums, percussion, background vocals); Mahamadou Kone (guiro, percussion).
Additional personnel: Michel Seba (bongos, congas, bells).
Engineers include: Patrick Hubart, Christine Verschorren.
Recorded at Studio Caraibes, Brussels. Includes liner notes by Habib Koite.

Album Description

On his second Putumayo release, Koite is even more laid-back, commercially astute, and cosmopolitan than on his 1999 debut. The romantic opening track, "Batoumambe," with its booty-shaking rhumba conceits, would not be out of place on a Gipsy Kings album. The bandleader's husky, boyish tenor sings convincingly about the kind of love that does not end in marriage, the perplexities of dealing with money, Aesop-like animal parables, or damaging superstitions. But the most important song by far is his famous "Cigarette Abana," in which a young man is pressured by his friends to smoke, tries it, feels ill, and swears that he will never touch tobacco again. Given the overwhelming presence of Western tobacco cartels in emerging nations, this is a very timely and courageous statement. However, musically speaking, the tune's new-fangled Latin-tinged context unfortunately lacks the pissed-off, confrontational power of the original version, which is still available. The fourth cut, "Sin Djen Djen," is more satisfying, a pure blast of Manding soul, with keening vocals riding over spiky balafons (wooden xylophones) while Koite's guitar echoes repetitive volleys of hypnotic polyrhythms. "Roma," a flute-laced instrumental, is another charmer. Ultimately, while the album is well-worth hearing, an insidious use of hackneyed triple-A pop flavors in the arrangements sometimes comes dangerously close to blunting Koite's outspokenness and diluting his overall impact. ~ Christina Roden

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