Oumou Sangaré plays at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Credit: Courtesy the artist It’s been nearly 15 years since beloved Malian diva Omou Sangaré performed in Chicago, and her return is cause for ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Today, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré released her new album Acoustic on all ...
The Dalston venue is becoming a great addition to London’s music venues – a little run-down with wooden seating but with a warm atmosphere and excellent sound centring on Oumou’s extraordinary soulful ...
Oumou Sangaré will release the new single Kamelemba from her forthcoming album Mogoya (meaning 'people today') on the 12th May 2017. On the song, Oumou sings to women about the dangers of falling in ...
That world-music fans should demand the finest sound on CD, yet happily put up with bog-standard amplification at concerts, is one of the great mysteries of our time. This week, the Malian songbird ...
It's almost impossible to talk about world music with it not resembling poetry. Sounds become similes of our emotional experience. T.S. Eliot once said that poetry is “felt before it is understood,” ...
Grammy winner Oumou Sangaré released her album Mogoya (which translates as 'people today') last year to critical acclaim and has recently announced details of a remixed version of the LP (due for ...
As a small child, Oumou Sangaré sang on the streets in Mali to raise money for her mom and siblings. Now she can’t walk down the streets of Bamako without drawing a crowd of people who want to talk ...
After an eight year break from recording, one of the greatest living voices in African music returns with a rich new album. Malian artist Oumou Sangare titles her latest collection "Mogoya," meaning ...