Seya
by Oumou Sangar茅
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 2009
- Label: World Circuit
- Country: Mali
- Length: 1:01:34
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Oumou Sangar茅 recorded 'Seya' in Bamako with producer and arranger Cheikh Tidiane Seck and co-producer Nick Gold, ending a six year gap between her albums. Guest players include Tony Allen on drums, Fred Wesley on trombone and Pee Wee Ellis on saxophone, while Benego Diakit茅's kamale ngoni and N茅ba Solo's balafon anchor the Wassoulou core, and the album earned a Grammy nomination.
Genres
Descriptors: spirituality, percussive, melodic, female-vocals, soulful
Tracklist
- Sounsoumba (4:21)
- Sukunyali (6:01)
- Kounadya (4:33)
- Donso (6:09)
- Wele Wele Wintou (5:18)
- Senkele Te Sira (4:32)
- Djigui (4:37)
- Seya (4:13)
- Iyo Djeli (6:38)
- Mogo Kele (5:39)
- Koroko (4:21)
- Mogo Kele (5:06)
Credits
- Will Calhoun - drums, udu [oudu]
- Prince - percussion, talking drum, calabash
- Habib Sangare - bolon
- Adama Diarra - djembe, djembe, percussion [yabara]
- Binefou Kelta - harp [n'goni ba], talking drum, backing vocals
- Andare Kouyat茅 - ngoni
- Bassekou Kouyate - ngoni
- Hamma Sankare - calabash
- Jerry Boys - engineer [additional recordings], mastered by, mixed by
- Ed Alcock - cover [photography], photography by [additional]
- House@INTRO - artwork by
- Traditional - composed by
- Eli茅zer Oubda - engineer
- Fernando Pereira Lopes - engineer [assistant additional recordings]
- Ibrahim Coulibaly - engineer [assistant]
- Tom Leader - mastered by
- Christien Jaspars - photography by [additional]
- Youri Lenquette - photography by [additional]
- Nick Gold - producer