who is mali music?
Jamaal Mali Music Pollard was born on January 12, 1988 in Phoenix, AZ. The Savannah based singer, songwriter, producer is breaking out of conventional gospel music. Mali Music began playing piano at age 5 and wrote his first song at age 8 and has been actively pursuing his music ministry and career ever since adding acoustic guitar and electric bass to his instrumental proficiency.
Vieux Farka TourÃ© (right) and Valery Assouan are two international known musicians from Mali. The photograph is from a concert in Oslo in 2016. The Music of Mali is, like that of most African nations, ethnically diverse, but one influence predominates; that of the ancient Mali Empire of the Mandinka (from c. 1230 to c. 1600).