Niyo
Mamadou Alioune Barry, Sia Tolno
Mamadou Alioune Barry was born in 1947, in Guinea --then a French colony. His father played the accordion and drums in one of the most famous orchestras of that time, Le Pavillon Bleu, in Kindia. He...
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CD Niyo mamadou Barry
Mamadou Alioune Barry was born in 1947, in Guinea --then a French colony. His father played the accordion and drums in one of the most famous orchestras of that time, Le Pavillon Bleu, in Kindia. He taught Mamadou his first lessons and passed on to him his passion for music.
Mamadou Barry is a multi-instrumentalist --he not only plays tenor, alto and soprano sax but also flute and percussion -- as well as a fine connoisseur of all the sub-region's rhythms and music styles.
Open to all musical trends, he has insisted on self-producing this first album under his name, in a studio of Conakry. It was recorded with the cream of Conakry's musicians, all generations included, both modern and traditional; it notably features three of the finest female voices in Guinea.
With his cool yet energetic Afrobeat style and the frenzied rhythms of the forest that he has invited into his music, 'Master' Mamadou Barry showcases all the facets of his talent in this recording, notably his gift for hypnotic Mandingo melodies. Between Afrobeat, Mandingo rhythms, soft funk, revisited jazz flavours and Latin sensuality, Niyo is undoubtedly one of the good surprises coming from Africa this year, like something from another planet come to joint the world of tropical groove.
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