Jazz Articles about Oumou Sangaré

About Oumou Sangaré

Live Review

Farewell to a Behind-the-Scenes Festival Legend, Monterey Jazz Festival at 66

by Josef Woodard
October 12, 2023

This year's model of the Monterey jazz festival, now up to its 66th annual, felt overall like one of the strongest and most balanced of the past decade. Salient highlights included a stunning African-flavored commissioned work, Isakoso Ara, from Ambrose Akinmusire--one of the proudest products of this festival over many years--along with a saucy and artful three-show focus on guitar great John Scofield, a strong Garden Stage set by lateral thinking pianist-composer Kris Davis, memorable sets from jazz chanteuse phenom ...

Album Review

Oumou Sangaré: Mogoya

by James Nadal
May 14, 2017

After an eight-year recording hiatus, Malian superstar vocalist Oumou Sangaré returns to the international spotlight with a new record, on a new label, but with the same steadfast focus on African women's rights. Mogoya is her first release on the Paris-based No Format indie label, after releasing five albums over twenty years with World Circuit. Sangaré has always stayed true to her traditional music and instrumentation, so this record is a bit of a production departure, leaning towards a crossover ...

Album Review

Oumou Sangare: Seya

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 15, 2009

Perché dovremmo comprare un CD cantato in maliano e registrato con strumenti sconosciuti come il kamele ngoni, lo djembe drum o il karagnan? Gusto per l'esotico? Tendenza al “sentiamolo strano"? O, semplicemente, scoperta di mondi sonori e linguistici affascinanti? È la doppia faccia della world music. Né più né meno. Oumou Sangare non si muove. Non ha bisogno di cantare in inglese. Non ha bisogno dell'elettronica o di post produzioni very cool per veicolare alle masse il suo messaggio. Nemmeno ...