Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists … Read Full Bio ↴Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa.
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, east of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by members of his family. The Tounkaras are Griots, musicians and historians by birth. Djelimady played djembe drum and xalam, a banjo-like lute, as a boy. When he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, during the 1960s, he had actually planned to work as a tailor. But music proved a stronger calling. He started playing guitar in a large, government-sponsored neighborhood band, Orchestre Misira. Voted the best guitarist in the band, Djelimady was selected to join the Orchestre National as rhythm guitarist, a great honor for the young player.
All his adult life, Djelimady has worked to transform his ancestral traditions into dance pop. But at the same time, he has continued to work in more traditional contexts, backing the great griot singers of Mali on records, in concerts and at the day-long wedding and baptism celebrations that are the modern griot's life blood. In recent years, Djelimady has performed in an acoustic trio called Bajourou, accompanied by another masterful griot guitarist, Bouba Sacko, and by singer Lafia Diabate, a veteran of the Rail Band.
Recently he has won the BBC 3 music award in [1] World Music - "Africa" category for his album titled Sigui.
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, east of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by members of his family. The Tounkaras are Griots, musicians and historians by birth. Djelimady played djembe drum and xalam, a banjo-like lute, as a boy. When he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, during the 1960s, he had actually planned to work as a tailor. But music proved a stronger calling. He started playing guitar in a large, government-sponsored neighborhood band, Orchestre Misira. Voted the best guitarist in the band, Djelimady was selected to join the Orchestre National as rhythm guitarist, a great honor for the young player.
All his adult life, Djelimady has worked to transform his ancestral traditions into dance pop. But at the same time, he has continued to work in more traditional contexts, backing the great griot singers of Mali on records, in concerts and at the day-long wedding and baptism celebrations that are the modern griot's life blood. In recent years, Djelimady has performed in an acoustic trio called Bajourou, accompanied by another masterful griot guitarist, Bouba Sacko, and by singer Lafia Diabate, a veteran of the Rail Band.
Recently he has won the BBC 3 music award in [1] World Music - "Africa" category for his album titled Sigui.
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Mande Djeliou
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@daoueedchamcci2607
no tengo palabras para explecar que siento de escochar esta cancion me da algo magico muchas gracias 🤎
@michaelambaye
Magnifique
@lutam921
The whole song is, of course, perfect. But there's something special with the firsts 45 seconds that grab my attention and makes me replay it again and again.
@22f94
The Hook 🪝.
In other words, the lovely intro piece of a song that captures listener’s attention to ensure you enjoy it till the end.
@KoBez44
The flamenco style
@klainkanjatah4908
The voice of Lafia Diabate rising above and almost overwhelming everything here...
@siaissa5624
top de top 2020
@sungdukkim6868
good music!
@tournerlapage7682
Pure merveille !
@user-gn5cb9hn1p
Κομματάρα.....Ευχαριστώ που το ανέβασες