Salif Keita Inducted Into Afropop Hall of Fame at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 7/13
On Saturday night, July 13, on stage at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, we inducted maestro Salif Keita into the Afropop Hall of Fame. It was a magnificent night of music and honoring one of Africa’s greatest artists. Afropop’s Sean Barlow got the crowd roaring in anticipation of Salif’s performance. Sean announced that the singer/poet/guitarist/bandleader and social activist, now celebrating his 70th year, was also celebrating his 50 years as a professional musician. Sean recalled Salif’s storied early days as lead singer with the Super Rail Band, and later Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux, and his subsequent breakthrough recording Soro in 1987 as a......
