Salif Keita live in concert.
ON TOUR

Salif Keita

12
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
12
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Salif Keita is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Salif Keita concert reviews describe live shows and performances as cheerful.

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Latest Release

You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Single (7 October 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
(8/25/1949)
Bio
Salif Keita (b. 25 August 1949), is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer and songwriter from Djoliba, Mali.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

April 13, 2014
60
%
We've cheerfully dragged the rest of the globe into this fraught binary one spotlit by Malian superstar Salif Keita's acoustic tour.

The Guardian (UK)

April 9, 2014
80
%
He has constantly changed styles making use of anything from traditional Malian instrumentation to electronics and last year's album Tale was a low point with its attempted foray into the dance music market.

The Arts Desk (UK)

February 14, 2013
60
%
Keita really didn’t need to dazzle us with light when he can dazzle us with music

Exclaim (Canada)

July 2, 2008
%
The sound of five-piece Nigerian band Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa possesses a contemporary tinge as shown by the vamping on electric piano and occasional Santana-like grooves.

musicOMH (UK)

May 3, 2007
100
%
Too often when the nebulous term “world music” is applied to a musician’s work critical response verges on the academic adopting a notably different tone from that used to describe contemporary pop and rock acts.

Humo (Belgium)

June 30, 2019
80
%
Salif Keita Live In Concert In Belgium

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

November 9, 2015
60
%
Stockholm, Sweden

Past critic reviews published in

Music In Minnesota (USA), The 13th Floor (New Zealand), The Music (Australia), The Skinny (UK), Spectrum Culture (USA) and more

Image Credit

Barnay [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons