Artist: Salif Keita
Genre(s):
Ethnic
Folk
Rock
Discography:
Moffou
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
Folon
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
Folon From The Past
Year: 1995
Tracks: 9
Ko-Yan
Year: 1989
Tracks: 7
Soro
Year: 1987
Tracks: 6
Papa
Year:
Tracks: 9
Folon... the Past
Year:
Tracks: 9
Salif Keita gave up a lot to pursue his dreams of a calling in medicine. Born to royal lineage, with patrimonial roots exit back to Soundjata Keita, the founder of the Malian Empire in 1240, Keita was disowned by his father of the Church later on announcing his plans to play medicine. Keita's dreams, however, were overly strong to be tattered. Moving to the capitol Building metropolis of Bamako in 1967, he was before long playing in nightclubs with one of his brothers. Within two years, he was invited to join the Rail Band. A pop, government-sponsored mathematical group that played regularly at the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, the Rail Band featured influential Malian guitar player Kante Manfila. Keita's soulful vocalizing presently brought the lot to a a good deal higher plateau. In 1973, Keita and several members of the Rail Band resettled to Abidjian, the capitol Building of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Renamed Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux, the grouping continued to draw attention with their lively coalition of Cuban, Zairean, and Malian influences.
In 1977, Keita received the prestigious National Order of Guinea from President Ahmed Sekou Toure. Encouraged to follow up on a solo calling, Keita touched to Paris in 1984. Settling in the city's Montreuil section, he base a thriving biotic community of more than 15,000 transplanted Malians. Predictions of succeeder proven true with the tone ending of Keita's debut solo album, Soro, in 1987. Produced by Ibrahim Sylla, the album combined African, malarkey, funk, Europop, and R&B influences. Keita continued his recording calling with several releases for Mango throughout the '90s, including the Mansa of Mali anthology, before moving to Blue Note for Pappa in 1999 and then Decca, where he debuted with Moffou in 2002. Moffou was considered some of Keita's finest work to date, and he received a Grammy nomination for the record album. Keita then returned to Bamako, Mali, in order to record his following uncut crusade, M'Bemba, which came extinct in 2006.
