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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.
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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smee85 wrote:
Ai Du. / Diaraby
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Potida wrote:
What a collaboration!
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InASafePlace wrote:
http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/a5a7a716-a039-3815-aee3-88ac135721c5.html?ex=136948&compact=0&va=0
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zemariaferreira wrote:
Talking Timbuktu = masterpiece
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kevthepoet wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Synchromystickz/Synchromystic+Acoustics
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DoglessEndeavor wrote:
GREAT album. Another wrong last.fm tag though. Voting doesn't exactly influence them to change them either... But oh well, nerd mode off. The music is wonderful!
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pari90 wrote:
yo yo yo
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jarno_k wrote:
Ye Ye Ye
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Nicosmusic wrote:
@ 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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tanxi wrote:
mmmmmmmmmmm
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rockmyplimsoul wrote:
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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scarabeo73 wrote:
Bravo Ry Cooder!!! I think he's a wise musician.
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DJFD wrote:
Sensational World music - listen as well Jan Gabarek: Ragas and Sagas - und Orchestre Baobab/Senegal ...
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biguns wrote:
The best duet in blues ever!
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vanessapdb wrote:
" Ai Du" lyrics???? Where are the lyrics?????
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vanessapdb wrote:
Very good!!!!!!!!
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etaque wrote:
Very good
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Stanley81 wrote:
Now that's what I call REAL BLUES!!! <3
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rakshasa07 wrote:
Love all songs and blues
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prettyflesh wrote:
I absolutely love Ai Du!
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