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One to watch… Kakande
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Brussels Air, One to watch… Kakande >>
Not many unsigned artists can claim they’ve had a Grammy-winning singer approach them on the street, hand them $100 (€68) and tell them they’re going to be a star. But then, not many struggling musicians are heir to an 800-year-old cultural legacy, so perhaps the young Famoro Dioubate took Mory Kanté’s predictions in his stride. Born into a family of Guinean griots, Dioubate was a child prodigy, taking up the balafon (wooden xylophone) under the tutelage of his grandfather and going on first to play with a national orchestra and later to form the 10-strong outfit Kakande. Their new album Dununya finds things taking a slightly surreal turn as the band revisit ancient allegories. But somehow, by incorporating (relatively) new instruments like the cello, they manage to keep things modern. Dununya (Jumbie Records) is out now. 09/01/08 >> go there
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