Acoustic (2020)

"Unplugged sessions have fallen from favour since their 1990s heyday, but here Malis leading diva reminds us that sometimes they can eclipse plugged-in originals. The template is Oumou Sangarés 2017 album Mogoya, which has already reappeared as a dance-oriented remix. Acoustic is a different beast entirely. Recorded live in a French studio over two days last August, without amplifiers, overdubs or retakes, it lends its songs a new intimacy and intensity. A guitar and ngoni provide the intricate string-driven backdrops while two female singers provide heft, setting up call and responses with Sangaré, who is in magnificent, free-flowing form." (The Guardian)