Over the last year or two we've been getting into some Malian music, in particular the blind husband/wife duo Amadou & Mariam and the late blues guitarist Ali Farka Toure (and his son Vieux). But best of all, in our opinion, is Salif Keita, who is Malian music royalty (he is literally of royal heritage). He has a gorgeous, unique voice. And the band killed at Prospect Park. They had an ill lead electric guitarist, lots of African instruments, lots of drums and percussion, female dancers. It was a joyous spectacle. At the end of the show they brought a bunch of people from the audience on stage to dance with them.
Goodies: For some reason we don't seem to have any Salif in our iTunes at the moment (CDs are in storage), but we promise we'll have more African music for you soon. In the meantime, here is Vieux Farka Toure doing U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky."
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