Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder

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Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder in 1995 joined forces to record the Grammy award-winning album Talking Timbuktu.
Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, who was one of Mali’s leading singer-guitarists, has a trance-like, bluesy style that, although deeply rooted in Malian tradition, bears astonishing similarity to that of John Lee Hooker or even Canned Heat. It’s a mono-chordal vamp, with repetitive song lines cut with shards of blistering solo runs that shimmer like a desert mirage. Toure may be conversant with some blues artists, but it is unlikely that artists like Hooker or Robert Pete Williams ever heard these Malian roots, which makes the connection so uncanny. Ry Cooder, well versed in domestic and world guitar styles, is the perfect counterpoint in these extended songs/jams, his sinewy slide guitar intertwining with his partner’s in a super world summit without barriers or borders.

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jarno_k wrote:
October 2009

Ye Ye Ye

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Nicosmusic wrote:
September 2009

@ last.fm: it should be "Ali Farka Touré WITH Ry Cooder" and not "Ali Farka Touré AND Ry Cooder"; that's how it's written on the cd.

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x13s wrote:
March 2009

Amazing..... music from "Unfaithful"

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tanxi wrote:
March 2009

mmmmmmmmmmm

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rockmyplimsoul wrote:
February 2009

This is GREAT music, but get your tags right people .. the artist name is "with Ry Cooder", not "and Ry Cooder".

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funkypunkymunky wrote:
February 2009

this is amazing music.

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scarabeo73 wrote:
January 2009

Bravo Ry Cooder!!! I think he's a wise musician.

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DJFD wrote:
November 2008

Sensational World music - listen as well Jan Gabarek: Ragas and Sagas - und Orchestre Baobab/Senegal ...

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biguns wrote:
October 2008

The best duet in blues ever!

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vanessapdb wrote:
August 2008

" Ai Du" lyrics???? Where are the lyrics?????

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vanessapdb wrote:
August 2008

Very good!!!!!!!!

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etaque wrote:
July 2008

Very good

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Stanley81 wrote:
March 2008

Now that's what I call REAL BLUES!!! <3

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rakshasa07 wrote:
November 2007

Love all songs and blues

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prettyflesh wrote:
November 2007

I absolutely love Ai Du!

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CocoaDusted wrote:
August 2007

I've uploaded a picture of the two of them for the artist image- it's not much but its more representative.

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potto wrote:
January 2007

Soukora!

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