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Madou is a band from Brussels (Belgium) in the early 80's. Their line up was : Vera Coomans (Vocals), Wiet Van de Leest (altoviolin/keyboard), Johan Van Der Staey (Sax), Sus Proost (Bass/Guitar) and Jan Meel (Drums). Their name is taken after a square in Brussels (madouplein). History : Vera Coomans and Wiet Van de Leest left folkgroup Rum at the late 70's. They want to play something diffrent. Their style was never played before in the Belgian music history. The lyrics were very melancholic or sometimes very depressive. Madou made 1 LP in 1982. No hitsingles but still classic songs...

Mamadou Diabaté was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people's consciousness of the past, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali, covering much of West Africa. The stories of...