Lobi Traoré "Wolodennu" From the Album Mali Blue

Lobi Traoré - Wolodennu

Nils Petter Molvaer

Enregistré en trois après-midis en 2005 aux Studios Livingston de Londres, avec la participation de Orlando ‘Cachaito’ López à la contrebasse, produit par Nick Gold et magnifiquement enregistré par Jerry Boys, Ali & Toumani est le successeur de In the Heart of the Moon (80 000 exemplaires vendus en France) et le dernier témoignage discographique et d’Ali Farka Touré et de Cachaito Lopez.
Avec son groupe, Toumani Diabaté jouera le répertoire de l’album dans une série de concerts hommage intitulés « Ali Farka Touré Variations » à partir d'avril 2010. 



Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Sabu yerkoy

In the twenty years since Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré won his first Grammy, a whole spectrum of African Blues has become hugely popular with a global audience. The shades of Blues on this Rough Guide range from the deep indigo of the Saharan nomads to a vivid Madagascan cobalt.

For more information, visit www.worldmusic.net/africanblues

Africa is considered by many to be the home of the Blues, both musically and spiritually. Musically the connection is particularly evident in the music of Ali Farka Touré and other artists from Mali and Saharan West Africa. Elsewhere, the link to the Blues can be described as more spiritual – the intensity of the emotion comes across in the passion of the voices and the rawness of the music.

West Africa provides the first few songs on this Rough Guide. Ali Farka Touré himself said that he was ‘an absolute fool for the guitar’ in the 1970s when ‘Yer Mali Gakoyoyo’ was recorded for Mali’s national radio station, while ‘Dani Dou’ by his acolyte Samba Touré hints at the loping gait of a camel-train.  Tamikrest and Bombino represent further variations of the blues of the Sahara.

Senegalese artists Nuru Kane and Amadou Diagne are joined by musicians from their adopted communities in France and the UK and it’s English guitarist Ramon Goose who provides the springy electric riff to accompany Modou Touré’s vocals in the West African Blues Project.  Meanwhile, Zambian-born Dominic Kakolobango is joined by American Elijah Wald on the dual finger-picking guitars of ‘Gueza Tabiya’ (Change Your Habits) and an international band, including oud and piano, provides a lush backing for Amira Kheir’s jazzy exploration of her Sudanese heritage.

The complex traditional music of their native Madagascar influences the blues of both Nogabe Randriaharimalala and Lala Njava, while Menelik Wesnatchew’s ‘Teteza’ is a beautifully swaying version of ‘Ethiopia’s majestic hymn to the blues’. 

Dilon Djindji, from Mozambique, made his first guitar from an oil can when he was twelve years old, 63 years before his first solo album was released. The final track on the album is a unique unaccompanied vocal piece by La Reunion’s greatest maloya artist, Danyèl Waro.

Nuru Kane: Niang Balo (taken from The Rough Guide To African Blues)

L'Afrique Enchantee -El Manisero -Ballaké Sissoko, Badjé Tounkara Et Lansiné Kouyaté.WAV

Paris, sens interdit (Etienne Daho cover)

Ali Farka Toure/Derek Gripper/Toumani Diabate

Jarabi/Diaraby - Ali Farka Toure/Derek Gripper/Toumani Diabate

Dikanda - Csillagole

D I A M P A R - Bonus track


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Emily Wells - Let Your Guard Down (Timmy Straw Remix)

Produced by English musician John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Sparklehorse) and recorded at Toybox Studios in Bristol, UK, Rokia Traoré’s album Beautiful Africa features lyrics sung in the Malian–born Traoré’s native languages of French and Bambara, as well as some English. The singer-songwriter has "an extraordinary voice," says the Times of London, "by turns declarative and caressing." 

D I A M P A R - Bonus track

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