Malian musical royalty Oumou Sangaré returns to London to play Grace Jones’ Meltdown Festival at Southbank Centre, in a show postponed by the pandemic.
In the interim Oumou has recorded and released a new album Timbuktu (check out our review), arguably better than the album that would have made up the majority of the setlist for the original 2020 date, and has added a new palette of instruments including dobro and slide guitars to the talismanic kamelé n’goni harp of her beloved Wassulu.
A fierce, fearless, feminist fashionista (much like Jones who curates this excellent edition of Meltdown) expect an electrifying show from Oumou as she shares songs that both celebrate her homeland and cry out against the vandalism that besieged the desert university city of the album’s title.
A not to be missed show from the voice known as ‘The Songbird of Wassulu’ who counts Beyoncé and Alicia Keys among her many fans.
Tickets for Oumou Sangaré's show at Southbank Centre, part of Meltdown Festival curated by Grace Jones, are available HERE
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Oumou Sangaré was long ago crowned musical royalty in Mali. Known for her formidable vocals and fearless messages, she is celebrated for both her feminine sovereignty and her integral depth of traditional style. In the late 1980s she garnered popularity with her rendition of Wassoulou music, a regional style based…
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