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Mamani Keita began her music career like a back-up singer for Salif Keita in the ’90s. Following that, session are a back-up singer on the debut resulted in her becoming a member of the music group Tama for his or her second recording, Espace, in 2002. Furthermore, she teamed up …

Named following a Bambara phrase signifying “to walk, ” Tama includes Malian vocalist Tom Diakite, percussionist Djanuno Dabo of Guinea Bissau and London-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Sam Mills. The trio fulfilled when they had been using the hypnotic Bengali performer Paban Das Baul, with whom Mills acquired collaborated previously on albums like …

Tama provide a new and intriguing undertake predominantly Malian music. Making use of their attractive mixture of voices, acoustic devices and softly rhythmic percussion, the collective claim that fusion music could be unassuming and unforced. Acquiring their name from a Bambara term indicating ‘to walk’, Tama created after using Bengali …