“Tamala unites traditions, brings past and present closer together and that is musical enjoyment.”
New Folk Sounds
(NL)
Marius Roeting
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“This is a mature release which pushes boundaries while celebrating origins.”
RNR Magazine
(UK)
Simon Cross
“His musical stories are pervaded by melancholy.”
InMusic
(DE)
04/04/2025
Ute Bahn
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“The musicians play with a pronounced courage to leave gaps, which favours the filigree sound of the…
Jazzthetik
(DE)
13/03/2025
Eric Mandel
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“A magical album full of diversity that holds you captive until the last note…”
Folker.world
(DE)
07/03/2025
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“This album exudes the atmosphere of the Mali Blues.”
New Folk Sounds
(DE)
07/04/2025
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“Diboli focuses on long, circling pieces that immerse the griot culture in a floating, improvisational field, sometimes playing…
JazzThing
(DE)
01/02/2025
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“Rather unusual is the striking use of the violin, occasionally even the harmonica, which conveys a surprising…
Ohrenschmauch
(NL)
15/01/2025
Günter
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“A homage to the rich musical tradition of West Africa that is also a joy to listen…
Audio.de
(DE)
08/01/2025
Claus Dick
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“Everything fits together wonderfully.”
FOLK magazin
(DE)
26/12/2024
hedo
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“Harmony between the musicians, between the instruments and the voice, between the music and the listener, and…
Ekultura
25/12/2024
Galgóczi Tamás
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“It is a global album that is greater than the sum of its parts, to be enjoyed…
De Subjectivisten
(NL)
21/12/2024
Jan Willem
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“An album that can only be recommended.”
Musik Global
(BE)
17/12/2024
Fredi Hallauer
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“Enjoyable album for lovers of intimate acoustic West African sounds.”
Tropicalidad
(BE)
17/12/2024
Tim Ianna
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“Tamala plays emotional African songs. With the addition of harmonica a new path is taken.”
Keys and Chords
(NL)
30/11/2024
Marino Serdons
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“Diboli musically looks back to old Africa, with an open vision to the future: where African instruments…
Music Frames
(BE)
20/11/2024
Mattie Poels
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“This is multiculturalism at its best … here music is fascinating, moving and simply beautiful. An album…
Moors magazine
(BE)
14/11/2024
Holly Moors
“African singer-songwriter music rarely sounds more beautiful than on Diboli.”
Heaven Magazine
(BE)
04/11/2024
Eric Van Domburg Scipio
“All in all, this is yet another great record from close to our front door.”
Rootstime.be
(US)
03/11/2024
Dani Heyvaert
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“A real success.”
Jazzmania.be
(BE)
10/01/2022
Claudy Jalet
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“Lumba is an album with a clear message, carried by beautiful West African music with lyrics written…
MixedWorldMusic.com
(BE)
10/12/2021
Rik van Boeckel
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“A haunting and majestic blues record, both choral and intimate, solar and introspective.”
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“With Lumba Tamala again creates a rock-solid album that can convince both substantively and musically!”
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“Between Senegal and Belgium, the world full of humanity of the travelling musicians Tamala.”
RTBF
26/11/2021
Didier Mélon
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“Musically speaking, this fine CD is a bit like peeling an onion…with each new layer, you find…
KLOF MAGAZINE
(UK)
25/11/2021
Philip Thomas
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“Rubbed, pinched or vocal, their strings complement each other wonderfully…”
Le Monde
(FR)
04/11/2021
Fabien Mollon
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“Just now and then, a record comes along in which everything about it seems to perfectly embody…
RootsWorld
(US)
01/11/2021
Mike Adcock
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“The pleasure in listening to them is confirmed by the release of “Lumba”, their second album, recorded…
Blogfoolk Magazine
(NL)
28/10/2021
Alessio Surian
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“While respect for humans and nature is at the heart of this project, it was still necessary…
“… a very positive and rather beautiful album.”
RNR Magazine
(IT)
Norman Darwen
“A record of a sweet freshness which however never lacks a gravity that is worth a great…
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“The trio favours its original compositions and medium-tempo rhythms, exalting the wide expressive range of Mola Sylla’s…
(NL)
28/02/2019
Bart Vanoutrive
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“The Tamala trio explores the infinite possibilities of encounters between instruments and musical worlds.”
New Folk Sounds
(HU)
18/12/2018
“Sizzling with tempered acoustic power, this album seals the interweaving of South and North, exuding an unprecedented…
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