Toumani Diabate on Kora,Kasse Mady Diabate on vocals and Sidiki Camara on calabash.

Sidiki Camara - Sontala (feat Toumani Diabate Kora and Kasse Mady Diabate vocals).

traditional west-African kora music with personal touch

Toumani Diabaté Kora Competition Kora: Albert Distelbrink - Massane Cisse

01 Nelson Mandela

Makan Badje Tounkara, ngoni
Lansine Kouyate, balafon
Ballake Sissoko, kora
Kasse Mady Diabate, vocals
Amsterdam, Nov 2014

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Makan Badje Tounkara - Badjes Blues

3-track edit taster: Balaké / Kambelé Ba / Fanta

Artist:Amadou Balaké
Title: In Conclusion
Label: Sterns Africa 
Album release: July 20th, 2015

After a career that spanned a half-century in which he became the most famous musician from Burkina Faso and a legend of African popular music, Amadou Balaké died last year at the age of 70. This album contains his final recordings.

Born Amadou Traoré in Burkina Faso when it was still the French West African colony of Upper Volta, he was given the name Balaké by Guinean fans who especially liked the way he sang the Mande classic of that title. By that time (the late 1960s) he had been performing as an itinerant singer, guitarist and percussionist all around West Africa. On returning to his homeland in 1970, Amadou Balaké sang with a succession of groups in the capital, Ouagadougou. Building on widely popular Afro-Cuban and funk styles as well as the Mande repertoire modernized by such bands as Guinea’s Bembeya Jazz and Mali’s Rail Band, he incorporated local warba dance rhythms into his music and sang primarily in the Mossi language of Burkina Faso, establishing a distinct Burkinabé sound.

It was a sound that traveled well as Balaké resumed his roving. He recorded his first album in Accra, Ghana, in 1976; his second in Lagos, Nigeria; the next two in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and then his classic salsa album, Amadou Balaké à New York, in that city with some of its top Latin sidemen in 1979. He was based in Paris for most of the ‘80s but eventually settled in Ouagadougou. In 2000 Ibrahima Sylla, the pre-eminent African record producer, invited Balaké to join the international salsa supergroup Africando — a match made in Spanish Harlem, one might say, considering that Balaké preceded Africando in working with Latin musicians in New York. With Africando Balaké recorded four albums and toured far and wide.

He was still giving weekly shows in Ouagadougou when the French music journalist Florent Mazzoleni met him there in 2013 and produced the recordings that would prove to be the old master’s last testament. Accompanied by young local musicians, he revisited some of his favorite songs, including his namesake, “Balaké”, which he had never previously recorded. Captured mostly in one take with few overdubs, these tracks present a performer seasoned by decades of experience and in full command of his art.

Tracklist: 
1. Kambélé Ba 
2. Bar Konon Mousso (Musicien c'est pas quelqu'un) 
3. Lamizana
4. Naaba 
5. Massa Kamba 
6. Kèlè Bila 
7. Fanta 
8. Wayi Queligi Yéllé 
9. Balaké 
10. Oyé Ka Bara Kignan
11. Yélle

Personnel:
Vocal: Amadou Balaké Guitar: Michel Diansoro 'Haute Tension' Ngoni, percussion: Boubacar Djiga 'Papa' Balafon, percussion: Sanou Dara Bass, bass ngoni: Luc Kyendrebeogo Drums: Jean Sorogo 'Bosco' Trumpet: Georges Théodore Vindou 'Alpha' Saxophone: Yizih Organ: Father Ben Backing vocals: Sanou Dara, Moustapha Maïga, Aïda
Produced by: Florent Mazzoleni

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Ba Togoma - Sidiki Diabaté & Djélimadi Sissoko (Voice)

From the album "Balbalou" 
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CHEIKH LO - DOYAL NANIOU (feat Oumou Sangaré)

Fatoumata Diawara -  Alama  Live

When he meets the king of the kora with his son

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté  Lampedusa

Jaliya Mouta (Stockholm-Dakar.2011)

Julolu Wah Wah is a song featuring on Sura Susso's debut album Sila Kang. It is his re-arranged version of a traditional popular song commemorating the wealthy trader Jekere Bayo who lived in Gambia in 19th century. 
www.surasusso.com

05 Julolu Wah Wah

Mali is full of fantastic musicians and I listen to their music every day. And it gives me so much joy. Malihokan.com and this Soundcloud account is my way of giving something back, spreading this beautiful music and finding new listeners for the not yet well known artists.

Thanks to: Ali Farka Touré for opening my ears to the music of Mali. Magnus MULTIKULTI Sjögren for guidance. MC Talka Touré for inspiration and support. All musicians for participating. Ted Krotkiewski and Robin Cochrane for improving the sound of my recordings. Manfred Schweda (thisfabtreck.com) for letting me use his stunning photography. My family Monica, Rita and Vincent.

And oh, all recordings are copyright protected and may not be used for any commercial purpose.

Makan Badje Tounkara - Badjes Blues

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