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Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Talking Timbuktu

Release Date: 3/28/1994

Recording Date: 1/1994

Tracks: 10

Length: 01:00:06 Hrs

Label: World Circuit

Type: CD,CS

Genre/Styles:
World Fusion, Jazz, Africa, Mali, African Folk, West African, African Traditions, Malian Music

Album Tracks (10)

Song Title
Length
1.
Bonde
05:28
2.
Soukora
06:05
3.
Gomni
07:00
4.
Sega
03:10
5.
Amandrai
09:22
6.
Lasidan
06:06
7.
Kelto
05:42
8.
Banga
02:32
9.
Ai Du
07:09
10.
Diaraby
07:25

What the Critics Say

Guitarist Ali Farka Touré has repeatedly bridged the gap between traditional African and contemporary American vernacular music, and this release continues that tradition. The CD features him singing in 11 languages and playing acoustic and electric guitar, six-string banjo, njarka, and percussion, while teaming smartly with an all-star cast that includes superstar fusion bassist John Patitucci, session drummer Jim Keltner, longtime roots music great Ry Cooder (who doubled as producer), venerable guitarist Gatemouth Brown, and such African percussionists and musicians as Hamma Sankare on calabash and Oumar Touré on congas. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi

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