★★★★★
Veteran folk-blues vocalist/guitarist Bibb and his Malian counterpart Koite, inadvertently or not, fashion a virtual genre of their own. Serving up a set of "world blues" as rich in its fresh-sounding nature as in its deep-roots exploration, Messrs. Bibb and Koite evoke the cross-cultural congeniality that energized Taj Mahal's similar explorations in the 70's...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
One reason Mali's maverick singer/songwriter/guitarist/bandleader Habib Koite opted for a live album this time around is that he didn't want to face the task of writing a new set of songs. His 1995 debut, Musa Ko drew on ten years of stored up compositions. Then for Maya (1998) and Baro (2001), he wrote all the material in a single, arduous marathon before recording...
- www.afropop.org
2010-12-19
★★★★★
The third release from one of Mali's most promising singer songwriters is out at last. Koite's trademarks are all here: elegant nylon-string guitar picking, highly personal adaptations of Malian traditional music, and thoughtful, optimistic songs that celebrate the richness of Malian life and gently probe its shortcomings...
- www.afropop.org
2010-12-19
★★★★★
Mali's maverick singer songwriter Habib Koite released his first CD, Muso Ko, in 1995. In the twelve years since, he has added just three more, (not including a live album, Foly, in 2004). The wait for this set of new songs has been long, six years. Koite says he and his band has been touring so extensively that there just hasn't been time to "retreat and reflect." His songwriting breakthrough came when he started traveling with a laptop equipped with the Apple program, Garage Band...
- www.afropop.org
2010-12-19
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