Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Boolumbal (Mauritania) |
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Boolumbal is the result of the musical encounter of Mauritanian singer and guitar player
Malick Dia and French bass player and blues aficionado Nicolas Lebault. Malick Dia hails from the town of
Kaédi in the south of Mauritania, on the borders of the Senegal river. The small town is mainly a market town,
where moorish, pular and soninké communities meet. Malick started being involved in music in the 1990s. He produced
a first cassette in Senegal in 1995 Nicolas Lebault has been studying and playing blues music for two decades, and through his passion for blues he has become interested in working with African artists. When the two musicians met, they started playing songs from Malick Dia's repertoire, then added new songs and invited various guests, such as Baba Galle Kanté (worked with Sekouba Bambino), Makan Tounkara (worked with Salif Keita, Amy Koita), Yohan Rochetta (from La Palinka), Mohammed Cissoko (worked with Mamadi Keita, Orchestre National de Guinée), Jerry Lipkins (Tom Novembre, Trilok Gurtu), Mamané Thiam (worked with Fallou Dieng, Cheickh Lo), and Awa Camara (worked with Baaba Maal)... |
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Fuuta Blues | 2009 | Playasound PS 66413 |