Songhoy blues biography of williams

          Close harmonies and delicate percussion front and centre showcase the band's songwriting finesse on their beguiling fourth album.!

          Born from civil war & a shared rejection of Sharia law nearly 10 years ago, SONGHOY BLUES embody a unique & remarkable journey from refugees to budding rock.

        1. This band was formed in Bamako, Mali, the music capital where its members settled to escape the fundamentalists that had taken over the north of.
        2. Close harmonies and delicate percussion front and centre showcase the band's songwriting finesse on their beguiling fourth album.
        3. Timbuktu indie kids Songhoy Blues, stars of the Africa Express album.
        4. Africa Express's latest album was recorded in Mali and includes the 'desert R&B' of Songhoy Blues – a band determined keep the country's music alive.

          5. About

          From the first listening to Héritage, the much-awaited fourth album by Songhoy Blues, it is clear that the 4-piece rock band from northern Mali are in a new frame of mind.With Héritage, they move into a more acoustic, creative re-imagining of the “desert blues” style that has brought them to world fame.

          The Songhoy are an ethnicity living along the bend of the Niger river in northern Mali (their language is Songhai, hence the two spellings that are often used interchangeably).

          Songhoy music is one of the backbones of the “desert blues” sound. Songhoy Blues pay tribute to some of the great musicians of the past, whose work continues to inspire them, giving ‘a big thank you to the ancestors who bequeathed works of art so that future generations could orient themselves’.

          For over a decade, when not on tour, the four members of Songhoy Blues, three of whom are originally from the north, have been based in Bamako, capital of Mali, unable to return to their homeland, w