The virtuosic acoustic guitar firework & song “Kanawa” is taken from the album “Putumayo Presents Mali” resp. the awesome album “Baro” (released 1999/2001) from Habib Koité & his band Bamada. The listener feels the message through the harmonies and rhythms created by the instruments & voices. The music is uninhibited, lyrical and poetic. Habib Koité (b. 1958 in Mali) is an internationally-known Malian musician who sings and plays the guitar. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-group of West African talent, including Kélétigui Diabaté playing balafon. Habib Koité is known for integrating a diversity of Malian styles into his repertoire. Habib’s music crosses all kinds of barriers. The great label Putumayo is a name that all world music enthusiasts should be familiar with. Listen & Enjoy it. “Kanawa” means “Please don’t go”. Bambara and Wolof are widely spoken in Mali, where Koité is from. Koité composes and arranges all songs, singing in English, French and Bambara. “A good kora-player can often make you think you are hearing two or three instruments at the same time”, says Habib Koite. He doesn’t play kora (West African harp), but guitar with a technique inspired by the kora. Not only is he a superb songwriter and singer, he’s also a trained guitarist of remarkable style and invention, whose playing inspiration comes from native instruments, such as the harp-like kora–he often imitates its rippling runs–or the lute-like n’goni. Koité is very rooted, both in his own …