Sinimuso

Sinimuso crosses boarders and creates futures. The music of this all-female group fusions Malian and Finnish music traditions. Finn-Ugric runosongs and old Kantele melodies meet whit Sahara Blues and groovy Bambara and Bobo beats. Sinimuso debut album "Nousska sisaret" was released on October 2nd. The group was formed in 2022. 

Sinimuso brings together female musicians from different musical backgrounds in Mali as well as two Finnish musicians, Jenni Hanukkah and Marco Smolander. In the fall of 2022 the group of women came together in Bamako to share their music and stories. The band was given the name Sinimuso, "the women of the future" in Bambara. 

Exchanges between different ethnic groups and intercultural collaboration are common in today's Mali, but the position of female musicians is still weak. The mani purpose of this musical project is to offer female musicians an opportunity to network and learn from one another. The artistic collaboration is based on the assumption that regardless of the cultural and other differences female musicians also have shared experiences of what it is like to work as a woman in a male-dominated industry. 

On stage:

• Kadidiatou Bah, vocals (Mali)
• Jenni Hanikka, wind instrument, vocals (Finland)
• Marieta Dembélé, drummer (Mali)
• Bintou Koita, percussion, vocals (Mali)
• Marjo Smolander, kantele, vocals (Finland)
• Tima Maiga, guitar, vocals (Mali)
• Ouassa Sogoba, balafon, vocals (Mali)