With guitar prowess similar to fellow Mali musician Habib Koite and melodic detail akin to Zimbabwe's Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Mama Sissoko offers up Soleil de Minuit, a gorgeous collection

Soleil De Minuit

With guitar prowess similar to fellow Mali musician Habib Koite and melodic detail akin to Zimbabwe's Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Mama Sissoko offers up Soleil de Minuit, a gorgeous collection of songs. A combination of blues, jazz, and pop, the highly skilled Sissoko knows when not to play, elsewhere giving the music a voice through tasteful and pliant guitar work. His vocals are smoky, rough-hewn, and expressive, and particularly effective on songs such as the earthy ballad "Manssane Cisse" and the street party/uprising vibe of "Commissariat." A sublime assemblage of backing vocals, complementary rhythm guitars, bass, drums, and percussion provides the framework for Sissoko's lead guitar to carve out the album's through-line with repetitive lines and motifs, a beguiling tonality, and a distinctly Afro-Parisian sophistication. --Paige La Grone
Country USA
Manufacturer Tinder
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 860982
ReleaseDate 2001-07-10
UnitCount 1
UPCs 789428609827
EANs 0789428609827

Soleil De Minuit