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01. Mamadou Kelly - Woma Gara
02. Mamadou Kelly - Adinna Kadidja
03. Mamadou Kelly - Les Bateaux / The Boats
04. Mamadou Kelly - Tchiokoroba
05. Mamadou Kelly - Sinewe / l'Eglise de Tominia
06. Mamadou Kelly - Lana Hidjori
07. Mamadou Kelly - Nayes
08. Mamadou Kelly - Oumou Diallo
09. Mamadou Kelly - Nisi TIndi
10. Mamadou Kelly - Haira (Dave Cook Remix)
11. Mamadou Kelly - Ni Allah (Dave Cook Remix)
12. Mamadou Kelly - Haira (David Harrow Remix)
13. Mamadou Kelly - Nayes (Video Edit)
ARTIST
TITLE
Les Bateaux (The Boats)
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CLE 027CD CLE 027CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/22/2019

In the early 1970s, a devastating drought brought famine to the West African Sahel. This environmental disaster destroyed the region's agricultural and livestock economy. Millions of people were affected. International relief efforts tried to send emergency aid. "Les Bateaux", the title track of this album, recalls those hard years. It paints a scene of Malian villagers standing on the banks of the Niger River anxiously awaiting the boats carrying food. Mamadou Kelly remembers those years as he calls out the name of each boat's longed for appearance over the horizon. Kelly sings about life. He praises and thanks those who do admirable things. He evokes the spirits of collective memory. Seemingly simple, upon listening, his songs reveal multi-layered complexity. He is a master of the desert blues. His group on this album includes longtime colleague Aly Magassa (electric guitar), Kande Sissoko (ngoni), and Hamadoun "Afo" Guindo (percussion). They are joined on tracks by Malian musicians Adama Sidibe (balafon(, Madou Diabate (violin), and Hama Sangho (backup vocal), as well as American friends Jacob Silver (bass), Cindy Cashdollar (lap steel guitar), and David Rothenberg (clarinets). Les Bateaux was recorded live in Bamako and New York. The tracks were mixed in New York and Los Angeles, and mastered in New York. CD version contains four bonus tracks including a techno remix by David Harrow as well as Dave Cook's remix of two tracks from Kelly's recent EP, Ni Allah.