Njaboot

Description

"With the same uniqueness and elegance, JULIA SARR navigates through her era and continues her quest for a Wolof song unencumbered by the anchors of tradition. In this new album composed with the talented pianist and producer Fred Soul, Julia's mezzo-soprano voice offers an intense breath of the griots' soul, free from identity boxes. The beauty of Africa can be heard through the sophisticated sounds of Fred Soul's Fender Rhodes, the delicacy of Anthony Jambon and Guimba Kouyaté's guitars, Guillaume Bongiraud's cello, Robinson Khoury's trombone, and the fervor of the percussion by Stéphane Edouard Mamané Thiam and Mbaye Dieye Faye, which embrace the fullness of Alune Wade's bass. In a tribute track, the great Youssou N’Dour will say a few words of eternity for his late friend Habib Faye, and the moving synth of Jean-Philippe Rykiel will also honor this irreplaceable loss. - - Julia draws all her sensitivity from her roots, a moment of delicacy where Africa meets Jazz. - - She never tires of singing about love, faith, migration, childhood, but also the societal theme of forced marriage or the absent father ‘Yéné, Nobel bi, Jaya, Doynawar, Laamin, Njaboot…’ - - Her songs carry a mark of freedom and poetry, like treasures waiting to be discovered."