Mariama Jalloh (born 1986 in Sierra Leone) is a singer–songwriter.
Life
Mariama Jalloh was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. At the age of one she moved with her family to Germany, Bergisch Gladbach, the home of her mother. At sixteen, she began to write her own songs accompanied with her acoustic guitar. Two years later, she gained her first stage experience by performing in a musical., Funkhaus Europa, Global Pop Lexikon, Mariama
Music career
Her first important career steps were centered on the projects of Adé Bantu: lebloc cologne, article 05/2014 Brothers Keepers, Afrobeat Academy and Afropean Express. Starting in 2008, she worked with the rapper Curse, afromagazin blog article 04/2009 kinocast.net Curse tour review, 05/2009 thereby taking part in the project "Diversidad European Urban Experience"., Facebook of The Diversidad Experience A year later she supported Max Herre on his tour for the album "Ein Geschenkter Tag". Curse-Forum, post from 11/2009 In the same year she embarked on her solo career, releasing her first EP, Listen To Mariama. Mariama was chosen from over 300 bands as one of the nine talents who were supported by the Volkswagen Sound Foundation in 2009., Official Facebook Announcement 07/2009 In 2010 she signed with the French label Cinq7 / Wagram Music and started working on her first album, The Easy Way Out. The debut was finally recorded at RAK Studios, London, where she worked with the production team Bacon & Quarmby, which had already produced Ziggy Marley and Finley Quaye, among other artists., Official Homepage of Mariama, biography NRW Kultursekreteriat Wuppertal, article 06/2014
Discography
EP Still Waiting/Fall in Love (2008) Listen to Mariama (2009) No Way (2013) Moments Like These (2015)
LP Easy Way Out (2012) Love, Sweat and Tears (2019)
External links
Official homepage https://www.facebook.com/mariama.spacebook https://soundcloud.com/mariama-music http://mariama-music.tumblr.com/
References