Habib Koité & Bamada
Wassiyé
Ma Ya
(1999)

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buddy
May 28, 2013 - 21:17
Well that was just irrarating.

MickyLuv
Apr 27, 2013 - 13:11
Sounds pleasantly in tune to me. A tune I like a lot.

gypsyman
Feb 23, 2013 - 14:28
autoroute25 wrote:
The guitar solo in out of tune. Sorry, could not stand.


Playing with a capo?


gypsyman
Feb 23, 2013 - 14:26
The opening chords are Classical Gas


fuzzy
Jan 27, 2013 - 05:34
sharkey wrote:


English translation: For all the happy fathers, you have just had a daughter who looks very much like your wife. You are blessed now with two wives at home.

{#Eek} Wha?


oldsaxon
Dec 05, 2012 - 12:13
alanthecowboy wrote:

A kora, maybe? Although, I think it's usually held vertically... I don't know.


You usually sit with the cora in front of you on the floor, neck pointing away from you. Never heard of anyone playing one standing, but hey, it's all rock and roll....


sharkey
Nov 25, 2012 - 12:29
jt1 wrote:


I don't understand the lyrics either, but I like the sound.

Perhaps some kind soul (with the appropriate skills or resources) would be so kind as to post a translation of the lyrics to help us both understand.


English translation: For all the happy fathers, you have just had a daughter who looks very much like your wife. You are blessed now with two wives at home.


bokey
Nov 25, 2012 - 12:23
autoroute25 wrote:
The guitar solo in out of tune. Sorry, could not stand.


{#Stupid}
Nobody move!Hands in the air!


jt1
Oct 25, 2012 - 04:05
dasfeuer wrote:
I don`t understand :(


I don't understand the lyrics either, but I like the sound.

Perhaps some kind soul (with the appropriate skills or resources) would be so kind as to post a translation of the lyrics to help us both understand.


joelbb
Sep 19, 2012 - 16:24
dasfeuer wrote:
I don`t understand :(

And if I don't understand... it must be bad! :-)


dasfeuer
May 30, 2012 - 10:52
I don`t understand :(


ziakut
May 16, 2012 - 09:27
Great stuff! Yep. it is!


kickback73
Apr 08, 2012 - 13:55
I'm just waking up on the couch with my wife still laying down sleeping. What a great song to wake up to on a lazy Sunday


Stingray
Jan 14, 2012 - 12:02
WONDERFUL BAND - INCREDIBLE ALBUM (why always Wassiyè...?)
filled with gem after gem!

Mali' finest - and there are plenty great bands and singers,
male and female!

Boubakar "Kar Kar" Traore and Rokia Traore for example.
Not to forget "Zap Mama" - though they are a bit of another story!

PS
...and what about "GIGI" from Ethiopia?




alanthecowboy
Dec 09, 2011 - 16:00
Businessgypsy wrote:
Caught them at the NOLA Jazz and Heritage Fest a few years back. This is pretty mellow, but these guys can rock out, playing scorching runs on an string instrument I've never seen before, held flat at waist level with a drum like sound chamber and long neck held out perpendicular to the body. Anybody know what that might be?


A kora, maybe? Although, I think it's usually held vertically... I don't know.



Cynaera
Oct 11, 2011 - 11:38
jhorton wrote:

Just step back from the pipe.

Or pass it to me. {#Roflol}


jhorton
Sep 19, 2011 - 21:09
autoroute25 wrote:
The guitar solo in out of tune. Sorry, could not stand.

Just step back from the pipe.


LowPhreak
Aug 19, 2011 - 12:39
I think Bill & Co. have lapsed into a serious yawn-fest today.

What's next, smooth jazz?


TheMagus
Aug 19, 2011 - 12:37
Thanks to RP now aware of this amazing musician and have purchased many of his excellent compositions.


autoroute25
Aug 19, 2011 - 12:37
The guitar solo in out of tune. Sorry, could not stand.



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