Ali Farka Tour?, Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu
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Artist: Ali Farka Tour?, Ry CooderBrand: TOURE/COODER
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-03-29
Music Label: Hannibal
Soundtracks:
- Bonde
- Soukora
- Gomni
- Sega
- Amandrai
- Lasidan
- Kelto
- Banga
- Ai Du
- Diaraby
Music reviews of Talking Timbuktu
Music Review: Exciting mix of blues and Malian music
Rating: 5 Stars
I bought this CD at the same time as the one named Ali Farka Toure because I couldn't decide between the two. It is a good combination. The other album is acoustic and a small number of musicians and types of instruments. Here the guitars are electric as well as acoustic, and there is a type of flute and more drums and other Malian instruments. The bluesy element is more apparent on some numbers due to Ry Cooder's influence, I suspect, as well as the dragging rhythm similar to that associated with John Lee Hooker, but others are distinctively African. One of the songs, Soukora, was popular even as far away as East Africa, where I heard it often, and is a personal favorite. The songs are very interesting both vocally and rhythmically and the instrumentation is excellent.
Description of Talking Timbuktu
Guitar greats of two continents, Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure, collaborate on this session that crosses cultural boundaries from delta blues to Malian dialects.No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: TOURE/COODER
Title: TALKING TIMBUKTU
Street Release Date: 03/29/1994
Genre: ROCK/POP
Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, 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. --Derek Rath
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