Marie Louise [Import]

Wendo Kolosoy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Indigo France
• ASIN: B00002MJOZ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pepe Kalle

2. YouYou Aleli Veka

3. Marie-Louise

4. Namoni Pasi Mingi

5. Soki Olingi Ngai

6. Paul Kamba

7. Mobembo

8. Anse Duye

9. Tokutani

10. Soki Oyoki Victoria

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Venerable singer Wendo Kolosoy is a Congolese icon, and like his countryman Sam Mangwana, Cape Verde's Cesaria Evora, and Cuba's Buena Vista posse, he is presently enjoying a much-deserved late-life renaissance. His sandpapery vocals are interlaced with exuberant yodeling, playful asides, and slap-and-tickle exhortations to the other players. The swinging, mellow band brings back the classic rumbas that were popular during the '60s independence era with such unfussy touches as a spoon tapping out a clavé Morse code on a bottle. Vula Missy's lead guitar honors such pioneering legends as Docteur Nico and Franco Luambo, enveloping Wendo and the backup singers in rounded, effortlessly produced chords and subtle rhythmic variations. High points include Wendo's mutual admiration society with Cameroon's Anne-Marie Nzie, a memorial tribute to the late bandleader Pepe Kalle, and the sexy title track, but the entire album is a delightful time capsule. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Afropop, August 19, 2000

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"patohara" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marie Louise (Audio CD)

Nice music! It is a small acoustic band, with Papa Wendo singing with his throaty voice, and that it was a pleasure to make this album comes through clearly. Completely unintelligible, unless you understand the language spoken in the Congo. The album has similar rhythms to Cesaria Evora's Miss Perfumado. If you enjoy Cesaria, you'll love Papa.