17 June 2016

Bamba Wassoulou Groove

Back again with a new CD (well, released in November 2015 already), but I bought it this week.

The French Label Bleu from Amiens put a large sticker on the bottom of the cover, with the following text:

BLUESY / HYPNOTIQUE / GROOVE

BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE : LE NOUVEAU SOUFFLE DE LA MUSIQUE DE BAMAKO

Le Bamba Wassoulou Groove est donc composé de 7 musiciens (3 guitares, 1 basse, 1 batterie, des percussions et un chanteur. (...)




I saw their concert on 9 April this year, in RASA, Utrecht and I was quite happy to witness this concert, especially because Bamba Wassoulou Groove create a modern version of the Bambara afro-rock by late Zani Diabaté's Super Djata Band, one of my all-time favourites.