Moussoulou

Oumou Sangare | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B00001SIBE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,829 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > World Music > Africa > Mali

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars, but one hundred are few, April 26, 2000

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Giulio Mario Rampelli - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moussoulou (Audio CD)

I love Oumou Sangare. Every time her Wassoulou music come out from my CD player I begin a travel inside the African universe, across the Mali region. Everything is beautiful: the sharp sound of kamelngoni, the soft support to melodie of violin, the counterpoint of the choir, the delicate strenght of percussions. But nothing can be compared to the Oumou's voice. To listen her is to love her. In that voice there is all the deep charm, the fresh sensuality, the strong soul of african women.

This CD is a miracle, born from the encounter between Oumou and the genius of Nick Gold's World Circuit label (who of you knows Nick only for Buena Vista Social Club?). Is the first Oumou's CD, wich sold 200.000 copies only in Africa. You can imagine the African people, without money for eating, doing the queue for buying their music and dream. Buy this CD, and then buy the second and the third of this lady. Five stars, but one hundred are few.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entrancing, January 21, 2000

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Muselover (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moussoulou (Audio CD)

I've found this to be a very rewarding disc; recorded prior to "Worotan", Sangare's first American release, it has a freshness and energy I find somewhat less available in that recording. This is one of those CD's I find myself putting on constant play - I find my mind drifting to the lives of women across the ocean who hold up their families through the spirit evident in these songs. It's lovely, heartfelt music: rootsy, but not without it's share of African pop sounds. Imagine a female Baaba Maal - in his less glitzy years.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Djama Kaissoumou (Let's Talk!)!, November 5, 2001

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"yingsat" (Warren, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moussoulou (Audio CD)

I first heard of Oumou when I bought an African sampler CD. Ah Ndiya was a little less than halfway through the CD. Let's just say that I soon found myself only listening to the CD to hear Oumou! Being that I'm a huge Asian music fan, her music was especially geared towards me in that the music of her region uses many scales shared by the Chinese. Later, by sheer coincidence, i heard a section of Diaraby Nene on a computer program and I fell even more in love with this mysterious and exotic music. Soon I was at the store and purchasing my copy of Moussolou. The first track, Djama Kaissoumou, really moved me, believe it or not. It had an urgency and pulse that were very energizing. When I found out the meaning of the lyrics, it made sense; Oumou emphasizes how short life is, that death comes to us all, and that we ought to respect our ancestors. Diaraby Nene can get a bit repetitive after a while, but the song's lyrics' meanings overcome that feeling quickly once you are aware of them. Tracks 3-5 are only my second favorites compared to 1,2, and 6, but they are also good - with lighter and more pleading qualities(especially Moussolou). Track 3 is nice...it starts out in a swinging triple beat, and then halfway through, the whole mood of the song turns around as it goes into a fast duple beat with guitar solos. I have since purchased Worotan and I'm finding out that Oumou just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait to purchase Ko Sira and for Oumou to release another album!