Oumou Sangare (born February 25, 1968 in Bamako) is a wassoulou musician from Bamako, Mali, sometime referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." Wassoulou is descended from traditional hunting songs, and is accompanied by a calabash.
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The Arts Desk (UK)
April 13, 2019
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This was a chamber concert with, unusually for Oumou or most African music, no percussion
He has taken that collaboration further with a concert that provided further proof of Fleck's instrumental genius but never the subtle experimental collaboration that might have been expected.
With many performers who don't sing in English it doesn't matter that there is no translation - simply the music is stronger than any message - but with Sangare it's very different.
Malian diva Oumou Sangare could have taken matters into her own hands in Liverpool and just commanded the audience to get up and dance from the beginning.
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