Amadou Balaké

Biography

Amadou Traoré (March 8, 1944 – August 27, 2014), better known as Amadou Balaké, was a popular singer from Burkina Faso. During his career, which lasted over 50 years, Balaké recorded and performed in different parts of West Africa as well as New York and Paris. In the early 21st century, he was a member of Senegalese salsa band Africando. His music combined different traditions from his home country, primarily Dioula (Mandé) and Mossi, as well as Afro-Cuban music.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Bambara Mystic Soul (The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979)

  2011

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  Africa : 50 Years Of Music (1960/2010 : 50 Ans D'Indépendances)

  2010

Credited work

53 releases · 15 albums · active 1974–2022

• Performance · 94
• Other credits · 3
• Production · 1

Studios: Studio Question De Son · Studio Question de Son · Armory Sound · Hi-N-Dry

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• Africando
• Africando All Stars
• Eddy De Pretto
• Baba Commandant
• Traore Amadou
• Vapors of Morphine

Around the web

• Wikipedia