Ko-Yan
{{Infobox album
| name = Ko-Yan
| type = Album
| artist = Salif Keita
| cover = Koyan.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = 1989
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Malian music
| length = 42:07
| language = Malinké
| label = Mango
| producer = François Breant
| prev_title = Soro
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Amen
| next_year = 1991
}}
Ko-Yan is an album by the Malian musician Salif Keita.{{cite journal |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Dark Continent |journal=Punch |date=Jun 23, 1989 |volume=296 |issue=7745 |page=47}}{{cite journal |last1=Sinker |first1=Mark |title=Albums: Salif Keita |journal=Melody Maker |date=Aug 5, 1989 |volume=65 |issue=31 |page=34}} It was released in 1989 by Mango Records.{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Mango Records released two world music... |work=Chicago Tribune |date=14 July 1989 |department=Friday |page=60}} It was recorded in Paris.{{cite news |last1=Moon |first1=Tom |title=The World-Music Capital |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=29 Apr 1990 |page=L1}}
The album contains more influence from Western music, while still maintaining a traditional style. All the songs were written by Keita, including "Nou Pas Bouger", one of his first hits.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Hi-Fi News & Record Review
| rev1Score = A*:1{{cite news|last=Hyder|first=Ken|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|title=Review: Salif Keita — Ko-Yan|work=Hi-Fi News & Record Review|type=magazine|date=August 1989|volume=34|issue=8|access-date=2 September 2021|page=108|location=Croydon|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902075515/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2021}}
}}
The New York Times wrote: "Synthesizers and Western horns perk along (sometimes sounding like Weather Report on Ko-Yan), but the underlying rhythms percolate in triple time, and it's hard for a Western ear to predict where Mr. Keita's vocal lines, and the responses of his female backup singers, will begin or end."{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=World Beat Music Struggles with an Identity Crisis |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 1989 |page=A20}} The Edmonton Journal noted that Keita's music "injects the stirring traditional rhythms of Mali with nourishing contemporary textures—funk, soca, and soul."{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Rod |title=Salif Keita makes the earth move on Ko-Yan |work=Edmonton Journal |date=17 Sep 1989 |page=D6}}
Track listing
- "Yada"
- "Nou Pas Bouger"
- "Ko-Yan"
- "Fe-So"
- "Primpin"
- "Tenin"
- "Sabou"
References
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{{Salif Keita}}
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