Héritage | Songhoy Blues

Product Code: TRANS797CD

EAN: 5400863162061
Catalogue Code: TRANS797CD
Title: Héritage,
Principle Contributor: Songhoy Blues
Contributors: Songhoy Blues
Genre: World Music, African
Produced by Label/Studio: Transgressive, 2024
Published by: PIAS UK, 17 Jan 2025
Format: CD / Album,
Media: 1 disc(s)

Available for Pre-Order

Expected Release Date: January 2025

£12.00

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Disc 1
1. Toukambela - Songhoy Blues
2. Gambary - Songhoy Blues
3. Norou - Songhoy Blues
4. Dagabi - Songhoy Blues
5. Gara - Songhoy Blues
6. Boutiki - Songhoy Blues
7. Boroterey - Songhoy Blues
8. Batto - Songhoy Blues
9. Garibou - Songhoy Blues
10. Woyhenna - Songhoy Blues
11. Issa - Songhoy Blues

Cover Notes: From the first listening to 'Héritage', the much-awaited fourth album by Songhoy Blues, it is clear that the four-piece rock band from northern Mali are in a new frame of mind. With 'Héritage', they move into a more acoustic, creative re-imagining of the 'desert blues' style that has brought them to world fame. The Songhoy are an ethnicity living along the bend of the Niger river in northern Mali (their language is Songhai, hence the two spellings that are often used interchangeably). Songhoy music is one of the backbones of the 'desert blues' sound. Songhoy Blues pay tribute to some of the great musicians of the past, whose work continues to inspire them, giving 'a big thank you to the ancestors who bequeathed works of art so that future generations could orient themselves'.

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