Ko-Yan
Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Ko-Yan is an album by the Malian musician Salif Keita.[1][2] It was released in 1989 by Mango Records.[3] It was recorded in Paris.[4]
The album contains more influence from Western music, while still maintaining a traditional style. All the songs were written by Keita, including "Nou Pas Bouger", one of his first hits.
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings The New York Times wrote: "Synthesizers and Western horns perk along (sometimes sounding like Weather Report on Ko-Yan), but the underlying rhythms percolate in triple time, and it's hard for a Western ear to predict where Mr. Keita's vocal lines, and the responses of his female backup singers, will begin or end."[5] The Edmonton Journal noted that Keita's music "injects the stirring traditional rhythms of Mali with nourishing contemporary textures—funk, soca, and soul."[6]
Track listing
- "Yada"
- "Nou Pas Bouger"
- "Ko-Yan"
- "Fe-So"
- "Primpin"
- "Tenin"
- "Sabou"