![]() Bintou's on the other hand are long-form and embody the impovisational prowess for which local Mande music is known. Oumou's versions, and her cassette overall, seem tailored to a broader audience, more tightly arranged, quicker and less exploratory. It wouldn't surprise me if they had a lot of overlap between studio musicians which may have fed-back between the artists. And then listen to the nearly identical opening to Bintou's Neye Dounanye and Oumou's. ![]() Nevertheless.listen to the similarities between Bintou's track Nene and Oumou's. And the quality of the youtube links that follow aren't great. I don't have a version of Oumou's 'Moussolou' cassette up to download, nor have I come across one in the vast internet ocean. As I was told, Oumou's cassette got there first and blew up (perhaps for obvious reasons when you listen to both side by side), while Bintou remained locally famous, but not internationally so. One brief conversation with friends in Yanfolila at the time, recounted a story where Bintou and Oumou recorded their cassettes at roughly the same time in the late 80's, and essentially raced to get them on the market.
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