Music CD - Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder: Talking Timbuktu

	Music CD: Talking Timbuktu Artist: Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder List Price: $16.98 Our Price: $11.34 Your Save: $ 5.64 ( 33% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Hannibal
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Tracks: 1. Bonde 2. Soukora 3. Gomni 4. Sega 5. Amandrai 6. Lasidan 7. Keito 8. Banga 9. Ai Du 10. Diaraby
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0031257138123 Label: Hannibal Manufacturer: Hannibal Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hannibal Release Date: 1994-03-29 Studio: Hannibal
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Best of two worlds Comment: I bought this CD because of Ry Cooder. I've loved his music since first hearing on the soundtrack for "Paris Texas." I'm also very much into indigenous and ethnic music and am happy to have discovered Ali Farka Toure in this CD. Sometimes slow, sensual, hypnotic, and bluesy like the songs Amandria (my favorite) and Ai Du, and sometimes more rhythmic with a strong beat that you want to get up and dance to, the music on this CD grabs you every which way. Ali Farka Toure's rich voice also adds another dimension to the quality of this CD, on top of the music itself. And every song is top notch. It's rare for me to like every song on a CD, but I love every song. It doesn't disappoint on any level. Customer Rating: Summary: This is the blues Dream Team Comment: "Talking Timbuktu" is one of those CDs where you have an aha moment. Oh yes, you have heard this music before and yet, not quite. Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure play beautifully together and truly bring the Mali's music straight to us. This is an extremely listenable CD and well worth the price. Customer Rating: Summary: Cool music Comment: This is really good music. A combination of blues, African, something I cannot put a description to. Each person has to experience this to see what it means to him (her). Customer Rating: Summary: AFT at his best Comment: As usual, this is another spectacular disc, only made better by the addition of Ry Cooder. Customer Rating: Summary: Fabulous Music Comment: This CD is just fabulous and everyone who hears it wants a copy. Very sophisticated yet original music, soothing and exciting sound. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: 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