Track Listing
1. Tekere
2. Mandiou
3. Africa
4. Nyanyama
5. Mandela
6. Sumun
7. Seydou
8. Dakan Fe
9. Folon
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel: Salif Keita (vocals); Ousmane Kouyate, Diely Moussa Kouyate (guitar); Glaucus Xavier (saxophone); Ron Meza, Feliove Guillermo (trumpet); Jean-Louis Damant (trombone); Cheick Tidiane Seck, Eddy Emilien, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Wally Badarou (keyboards); N'Doumbe Djengue (bass); Mokhtar Samba (drums); Souleymane "Solo" Doumbia, Sydney Thiam (percussion); Lansine "Boua" Kouyate (balafon); Moriba Koita (n'goni); Djene Doumbouya, Nayanka Bell, Djanka Diabate, Bessy Gordon, Angeline Annonier, Mora Birbeck, N'Doumbe Djengue, Wally Badarou (background vocals).Producers: Wally Badarou, Jean-Philippe Rykiel. Engineers: Timour Cardenas, Jean-Philippe Rykiel.Principally recorded at Studios Ferber and Studios Bastille, Paris, France.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 - ...a nod towards reggae, and vintage highlife....an artist at ease with himself and his culture...
Q (02/01/1996)
4 1/2 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - ...the crack ensemble seamlessly fuses griot songs with reggae, funk and fusion....Keita himself, one of the most soulful singers on the planet, carries the emotional weight.
Down Beat (08/01/1996)
...a master has returned. Keita's transcendant tenor sails above a jubilant web of chattering guitars, grooving drums, horn-spiked punches....an epic poem to Africa...
JazzTimes (03/01/1996)
6-7/96, p.151) - ...intensity of focus may make FOLON less accessible to American tastes...but hard-core fans will find a new, more personal understanding of Keita's music here.
Sing Out! (5
...a master has returned. Keita's transcendant tenor sails above a jubilant web of chattering guitars, grooving drums, horn-spiked punches....an epic poem to Africa...
JazzTimes (03/01/1996)
Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 - ...a nod towards reggae, and vintage highlife....an artist at ease with himself and his culture...Down Beat (8/96, p.65) - 4 1/2 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - ...the crack ensemble seamlessly fuses griot songs with reggae, funk and fusion....Keita himself, one of the most soulful singers on the planet, carries the emotional weight.JazzTimes (3/96, p.121) - ...a master has returned. Keita's transcendant tenor sails above a jubilant web of chattering guitars, grooving drums, horn-spiked punches....an epic poem to Africa...Sing Out (5-6-7/96, p.151) - ...intensity of focus may make FOLON less accessible to American tastes...but hard-core fans will find a new, more personal understanding of Keita's music here.
Q (02/01/1996)
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