Debadema meets the extraordinary guitarist Abdoulaye Traore Burkina Faso and author of the lyrics and music, and the Malian singer Mohamed Diaby a charismatic griot who left Bamako (Mali) to Côte d'Ivoire and then jumped to Europe.
The festival La Mar de Músicas, organized by the municipality of Cartagena, Cartagena yesterday brought them more specifically to the Town Hall Square, where they gave a concert that stood attendees, inviting them to unleash his pace.
The duo met in Abidjan in a contest of young talent, but it will be the Parisian neighborhood of Belleville where they developed their songs to heat small local cafes and clubs where they shared stage with young talents coming from the former Francophone colonies and are now the new stars of African music.
Its direct, as demonstrated last night, has a large force, where soulful voice and guitar chords are the backbone of the pieces composed by Abdoulaye, topics and talk about everyday issues and personal feelings are woven with brought from their land harmonies, rhythms ranging from the essence of the blues afrobeat mandiga sweet.
Cartagena was therefore scenario, one of the freshest and vital African musical projects of the last five years.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena