• artist:
  FATAKA
• featured artist:
  Fataka
• country:
  Madagascar
• release year:
  2010
• style(s): Afro Blues
• formats:
  • Book
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Snail Records
• label:
  Snail Records
• publisher:
  Snail Publishing
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Fataka - a medical doctor from Madagascar in love with the American blues and soul, Rabotoson Mampandry Modeste - nom d'art Fataka, a musician with a life story worthy of a novel, shows on his first album named Tomboarivo a puzzling mixture of his rural roots and the urbane worldliness of his musical choices. With hypnotic, dark sound emanating from his acoustic guitar, his sound, despite its clear East-African feel, is at times almost reminiscent of some of the classic Mississippi Delta blues players.