Mezana Dounia SOVSPRINGSALE422 an immensely successful pop songwriter

an immensely successful pop songwriter who's penned hits for Maroon 5

But for all the gentle piano and brass embellishments

and bossa nova

and Old Time Relijun

a newly assembled backing band featuring Fleet Foxes' Skyler Skjelset on guitar

Mezana Dounia SOVSPRINGSALE422 an immensely successful pop songwriterHere is the debut album by Burkinabe songwriter Massa Dembele. His music features the ethereal sound of thekamele n'goni harp combined with melodic vocals and indigenous percussion. Massa's powerful lyrics, which were fully translated for this release, express inner turmoil and disillusion with the state of the modern world. WithMezana Dounia, Massa Dembele has crafted an album of neo traditional Mandinka music (mandingue traditionnelle) that is at