Video: 'Ali and Toumani' short film

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It's always hard to write about a revered man who's passed away. Ali Farka Touré was a pioneer in music, a master of his instrument, but more than that he was an incredibly wise guy, quite unlike what the western stars of his standards are able to achieve in life. When his posthumous album the follow up to his collaboration with another master artist Toumani Diabaté was announced, I felt incredibly joyous. The idea of listening to more music from him and not some rehashed old outtakes that the music industry loves to [...]

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IF YOU ARE A FAN OF MUSIC (and I'm talking capital-M Music in general, here), then you've probably crossed paths with an African musician's music from time to time. It may have been the afro-beat funk of Fela Kuti and Africa 70, the lost Senegalese nightclub band Orchestra Baobab or the Touareg performers in Tinariwen, and that's fine indeed. They are all incredible. But what really touches my soul, far and above the rest, has been the music of Ali Farka Touré . In his lifetime, the late guitarist had created some of the most [...]

If you are not skiing or sledd ing this weekend...enjoy great music: The "Honeytrap" video by We Have Band video, Gil Scott-Heron's new track, Deerhunter's 2005 CD-R, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté recording sessions, Raekwon's "Pyrex Vision" uncensored video...

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World Circuit and Nonesuch Records are set to release Ali and Toumani , the second and last album pairing the late Malian guitar virtuoso Ali Farka Toure and kora master Toumani Diabate , on February 23, 2010. Buy Music: Ali and Toumani on amazon.com Ali and Toumani on amazon.co.uk Recorded over three afternoons at London's Livingston Studios in [...]