| Mamadou & Vanessa / Nacama |
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| Album: | Nacama | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Mamadou & Vanessa | Added: | May 2005 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-16 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 16 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 04, 2006: | The Cafe Americain Fula | 4. | Sep 27, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Fula | |
| 2. | Dec 24, 2005: | Blues Marathon - It's a Big Blues World N'dia | 5. | Sep 20, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Fula | |
| 3. | Oct 11, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian N'dia | 6. | Sep 13, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Sen Sen |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2005-08-10 | ||
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A local couple (now in Berkeley). He’s originally from Mali and sings & plays the kamalngoni…she’s an Afro-Cuban vocalist with a silky-smooth voice and they’re joined by friends on guitar, percussion & other instruments. There’s a nice, bluesy thread running throughout and the playing & singing is solid and enjoyable. Overall warm, relaxed, and just plain good. All songs are original by the artists. Lyrics in English and Bambara. 1. Relaxed w/lazy vocal duet. Sort of just fades out at end. 2. A sweet, low-key instrumental w/a light, hopeful feeling.. *3. Nice vocals in a bittersweet love song w/good use of strings. *4. Bright & happy sway w/a catchy beat. *5. Light, midtempo w/a lazy Afro-blues sound. 6. Nicely melodic blend of strings/vox. Really pretty & soothing. 7. Bouncy, lightly driving blend of perc/strings/vox.. *8. Sweet balafon accents in this happy, sweet little dance. 9. A lazy love song w/good vocals & nice work from the band. 10. Jazz-ish vocals against spare use of percussion. Very peaceful. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Nacama | 6. | Nemalon | |||
| 2. | Ngoni Cadie | 7. | Sawa | |||
| 3. | A Long Time Ago | 8. | Sen Sen | |||
| 4. | Fula | 9. | Follow You | |||
| 5. | N'dia | 10. | Nemasilon |