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HAROUNA SAMAKE ‘KAMALE BLUES’
Reviews
'KAMALE BLUES' has entered the Transglobal World Music Chart Top 40 in October 2018
(#19)
Harouna Samake is
Nominated for 'The All African Music Awards 2018'
‘Harouna Samake is known as a Malian grandmaster on the kamale n'goni, the kora-like instrument from the Wassoulou area in Mali. For years he has been one of the driving forces in Salif Keita's band. With ‘Kamale Blues’ the time is ripe to show what he is capable of under his own flag and that results in an impressive African album’
Eric van Domburg Scipio, Pop Magazine Heaven
‘Such a beautiful album!’
Nicky Blumenfeld, The World Show, South Africa
www.kayafm.co.za
‘In his homeland Mali, he enjoys fame as one of the best players of the kamale n’goni, a traditional eight-stringed Malian instrument and forerunner of the banjo. He accompanied his country fellow Salif Keita on his international tours, and can be heard on more than fifty albums. After years of working for other musicians, Samake is now standing out of the shadow with his first solo album that was recorded in the Malinese capital, Bamako. String-virtuoso Samake connects traditional Malinese Mandingo-music with jazz and blues. His gaze is focused on the dance floor and it therefore takes little effort to get the audience moving. The duets with his wife Assetou Diakite, who are blessed with a beautiful voice, are exciting. Samake proves here as a great talent that we will undoubtedly hear a lot from in the coming years. His election for the prestigious world music exhibition WOMEX in Spain at the end of October, is therefore entirely justified’
★★★★ Bas Springer ‘Lust For Life’ #84, 2018
‘Harouna Samaké is considered in his homeland Mali to be one of the best players of the kamale n'goni, a traditional 8-string Malian string instrument and one of the forerunners of the banjo. He accompanied his compatriot Salif Keïta on international tours and can be heard on more than fifty albums as a side man, including albums by Salif Keita, Blick Bassy, Bela Fleck, Etienne Mbappé and Bassekou Kouyaté. Samaké finally comes out of the shadows with his first solo album Kamale Blues. This string virtuoso cleverly connects traditional Malian manding music with jazz and blues. His gaze is focused on the dance floor and it therefore takes little effort to get the audience moving. Powerful are the duets with his wife Assetou Diakite, who is blessed with a beautiful voice. We can not call Harouna Samake ‘A new talent from Mali’ taken in consideration his record of service, Harouna Samaké, but that we will hear a lot from him in the coming years seems to be obvious. The fact that he was selected for the showcase festival of world music fair Womex at the end of October in Gran Canaria is therefore a legitimate recognition for a now impressive career’
Bas Springer, Mixed World Music
article posted by:Carolina Vallejo, One World