Anansy Cissé: Mali Overdrive – review
Malian guitar is played with rock-and-roll energy producing constant tension and release between guitar and fiddle
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Crowdedsourced for Riverboat via an online “Battle Of The Bands” competition, Anansy Cissé plays Malian guitar music with rock-and-roll energy and attack.
There is constant tension and release between Cissé’s guitar and Zoumana Tereta’s souk, a screeching fiddle.
“Wasmassiheme” tangles up guitar and high-speed ngoni riffs. Cissé’s flight from his northern home town prompts “Gonmi”, a plea for national peace.
Anansy Cissé
Mali Overdrive
(Riverboat)
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