Mansour Seck, Yelayo - 1h 1m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Yelayo	5:15
2. Dona Bamba	6:25
3. Thiaroye	6:26
4. Africa	4:54
5. Rewbe Fouta	5:37
6. Mbenyu	4:41
7. Yango	4:42
8. Ndiatigue	5:46
9. Kareli	5:20
10. Poolel	5:00
11. Sanu	3:48
12. Tedoungal	3:41

Note: The information about this album is acquired from the publicly available resources and we are not responsible for their accuracy.

Review

While he is best known for his partnership with Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck has quietly built a small but impressive catalog of his own recordings, emphasizing tradition and the guitar. The 1997 recording Yelayo is his most fulfilled work. One gets the impression that Seck is the man who continually brings Maal back to his roots as he wanders through a pop-electronic landscape, and this album shows how deep Seck's roots are. Two guitars (Mansour Seck and Abdoulaziz Seck), hoddu (a tense-sounding three-string lute played here by Demba Dia), kora (Noumoukunda Cissoko), percussion (Bada Seck), and electric bass (Pathé Jassi) form the ensemble in a dry, distinctive whole where each instrument stands out clearly. Seck is not a great singer in the pop sense, but he is a singer of sincerity and warmth, and these songs are well conveyed by his voice. Unlike his flashy work with Maal's band, here he presents his music in subtle, understated ways that evoke passion, depth, and grace without pyrotechnics or pop. --Louis Gibson

Please note: we do not provide any Mansour Seck music downloads, have no any mp3 music including music samples and music ringtones, and can not assist you where to buy music CDs and used CDs. You can search for it on music sites all over the Internet or visit one of our advertisers. We appreciate any ideas and comments about this experimental music database.