Alou Sangaré! Does this name ring you a bell? Of course you know him, he's the son of Madou guitar, member of the regional orchestra of Sikasso in the 70's. Remarked by Abdoulaye Diabaté, this young artist of 23 years old has been one of the revelations of the sixth edition of Etoiles du Mali in Sikasso.

Alou Sangaré won his first success during the second edition of the "Doundounba top" organised by the radio Jamana of Koutiala in 1995 . He is second of the festival thanks to the moving song (every thing has an end) which propelled him in the front of the Malian scenes. From that time, nothing could have stopped this young auto-mechanic learner to take over a father who disappeared from the Malian scenes since the end of the 70's.

In 1996, he produced his first tape with the resumption of the fetish song "diagnè mogo" of his father.

In February 2000, a new tape "an ga dan an bèrè la" which contains six tracks is recorded at the studio Bogolan. This album comes to fill the blank that was leaved by the disappearance of late his father. Proof if need be that the young Alou is now so mature that he made an exhibition of bamanan melodies on his album. His music, even if it's generally made of modern instruments, hasn't lost its soul. From slow songs (Ségou da) to dancing ones (kamalen ba) passing by the "korodjouga don" (an ga dan bèrè la), Alou Sangaré, a fragile and muffled voice, has a lot of surprises for us.
Let yourself go!

Black Jack