Ali Farka Toure And Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
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World Circuit
This album was recorded five years ago and was the second collaboration between these two great World Music artists. Ali was very sick at the time of this recording and unfortunately passed away the following year. These two men from Mali travelled together to London to play and to record. The desert blues of these two greats has a wonderful cultural tradition that is shaped by their distinctive style. Toure's steel guitar plucking is beautiful and Diabate plays the Kora which has a harp like quality which blends and intertwines wonderfully with the guitar work. The gentle instrumental melodies are backed by the acoustic bass of Orlando Lopez who calls these two Malian's 'Great musicians'.
Whatever the reason that saw this gorgeous recording take so long to see the light of day, the fact is that this is no posthumous throwaway intended to take commercial advantage of the deceased artist. This is a complete and wholly realised piece of work. It is deep and powerful. Ali said, 'playing this music on a traditional guitar is something different'. Of this music which is 100% in the Songhai style 'This blending of music from the north & the south of Mali is truly exceptional' . Highly recommended!
Tracks:
1. Ruby
2. Sabu Yerkoy
3. Be Mankan
4. Doudou
5. Warbe
6. Samba Geladio
7. Sina Mory
8. 56
9. Fantasy
10. Machengoida
11. Kala Djula
Official Website: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure
Official Website: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Toumani_Diabate
Wilfred - Indie Artists of the Day
Americana folk rock Norwegian style! Drop the needle on Wilfred, lie back and close your eyes. No matter which guess you make on which part of the U.S. these guys are from you would be wrong. They are from Oslo, Norway. The music is base d on 70's rock with great pop hooks. they have been getting airplay in North America with their tunes 'Time After Time' & 'Blue Eyed Angel'. They have finished working on their first full length album and release. Date & Title TBA. You can check out the Myspace page for a variety of tracks or go to the bands official website to check them out.
Wilfred are: Terje Sager, Ingar Blix, Olav Torgeir Kopsland, Alf Magne Hillestad (Lars Andre Kvistum keys : "Searching" and Trond Lien featuring on Hammond B3 : "Land of the blind")
Official website: http://www.wilfredmusic.no
MySpace: http://www.myspace/psychedelic discoangels
Zak's Tidbits for March 29th/2010
From Devo's Blog dated today Mar. 29th :
Friends,
The response to our SXSW panel has been overwhelming and we thank all of you for your continued support. Representatives from our musical division, the band Devo, as well as our corporate partners, used the occasion to present the ongoing mission and plan for the future in an open forum where the public was given the opportunity to respond. And while, unfortunately, important business commitments kept me from attending, I can safely report to you that the meeting accomplished several key tasks:
- Clarifying the state of de-evolution
- Illustrating the mechanics of our marketing plan
- Reviewing our current data and online statistics
- Focus group testing possible album titles
- Autographing a large inflatable dinosaur.
Most importantly, we had the chance to hear directly from the public regarding our mission to appeal to everybody and officially announce the upcoming Devo Song Study. As Derek Feltcher, Manager of Business Affairs, is currently ironing out the final technical details, I can only reinforce to you the importance of this upcoming focus group and continue to express my burning anticipation for its release.
Until then please review this focus group in which, our corporate partner, Mother LA, tested the effectiveness of Devo's new song "Fresh".
I think we can surmise this down to Devo just released their new song 'Fresh'. Check out the video:
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