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Amadou Sangare dit Bari – Histoire de Sabali
Face A
Histoire de Sabali 1
Face B
Histoire de Sabali 2
An oral history recording by a well-known griot from Mali. Simple musical phrases repeated for forever or so. Plucked and muted kamalngoni kora, spare melody, zero harmony. And the haunted-echo storytelling/non-singing from start to finish… Patient/attentive listening required. There’s much to hear in between the notes, etc.
PS: Go see this spooky-sounding/looking “desert blues” group from Niger called Etran Finatawa if you can. They made an impressive New York City debut on Friday and are touring the US/Europe through November.
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Thanks for posting this (and everything else, for that matter)!
Actually, the instrument he’s playing is a kamalngoni (most famously heard on recordings by Oumou Sangare) – given his family name (Sangare) he’s most likely not a jeli (griot), so I’m guessing that this story is from the hunter tradition. From what I can gather from a quick online search, sabali (“moderation”) is considered a virtue among hunters.
oh word. ok, now feel clueless, thanks so much for the corrections!