Dobet Gnahore - Na Afriki
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Artist: Dobet GnahoreEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-26
Music Label: Cumbancha
Soundtracks:
- Dala
- Djiguene
- Issa
- Inyembezi Zam
- Telo De
- Khabone-N'Daw
- Jho Avido
- Yekiyi
- Ma Poo
- Pygmees
- Palea
- Pillage
- Loubou
- Massacre
- Mousso Tilou
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Free Music Review: Pan-African artist
Hit: 4 Stars
What is interesting about this CD by Dobet Gnahore is her polyglot singing: Dida and Guere of her own Ivory Coast; Wolof of Senegal; Malinke of Mali; Xhosa of South Africa; Fon of Benin; and Lingala of the Congo. There is also a brief vocalise polyphony in homage of the Pygmies. She has a warm, soft voice and the various African styles are nicely arranged and well performed. True, the CD does not have an instant popular "hit" song and she does not dominate with a unique sound, yet the album overall is a relaxed tour of Africa in the same spirit as Putumayo's Acoustic Africa CD and tour, which included the contribution by Gnahore. From the inserted notes and pictures, she may have exciting stage presence. This CD is not of classic calibre, but I still very much enjoyed listening to it, about 5 times now. It provides a sense of quiet dignity and passion.
Na Afriki Poster
Dobet Gnahor? can legitimately claim that her education began after she dropped out of school at age 12 -- her neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast was a renowned artists' enclave and her father a master musician. In 1999, three years after she met her life partner and co-composer, French guitarist Colin Laroche de F?line, the couple relocated to France in order to escape increasing political unrest and raise their child in safely. There, they assembled a poly-national band and began to gather a following. A debut album, Ano Neko, was released in 2004 and in 2006, Dobet was nominated for a BBC "Newcomer of the Year" award. Her new release consolidates and expands upon the promise of the first. The singer's liquid-yet-artfully-fractured vocals, backed by semi-acoustic instruments and dulcet close-harmony singing, speak in a myriad of tongues about the evils of greed, polygamy, and pedophilia while encouraging self-determination, female empowerment and sane child-rearing. Like Marie Daulne of Zap Mama, Dobet has a queenly charisma and exhibits an extroverted theatricality. But hers is a more primal presence, seemingly drawn from the signposts of a woman's life rather than developed onstage before an audience. The product of diverse cultures but only one planet, she is a quintessential twenty-first century Afro-European. --Christina RodenWidely considered one of contemporary African music's most exciting new talents, Dobet Gnahor?? has astounded audiences with her thrilling stage presence, appealing melodies and powerful singing. Gnahor??'s striking new CD moves from delicate ballads to upbeat African grooves, and serves as a resounding introduction to this voice of the future.
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