Ali Farka Tour? - The Source
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Artist: Ali Farka Tour?Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-06-15
Music Label: Hannibal
Soundtracks:
- Goye Kur
- Inchana Massina
- Roucky
- Dofana
- Karaw
- Hawa Dolo
- Cinquante Six
- I Go Ka
- Yenna
- Mahini Me
Free Music Notes for The Source
Free Music Review: A Correction...
Hit: 5 Stars
In response to the last review, this CD (1991) was cut before talking timbuktu (1994), and to my ears is in fact a much better record. Toure is with his own band here, with the celeb's just making token background appearences on a few tracks. The Ry Cooder session sounds like it is under a coat of post-production varnish, where as this record's sound is much more immediate and fresh.
Of Toure's "electric" discs in wide release, I think this is the most satisfying listen from start to finish, without the production overpowering the music, which is compelling even unaccompanied (such as on Radio Mali.)
Talking Timbuktu achieved its goal of making Toure a star in the west, but his other albums, which are not "crossover" records, are far more rewarding...
The Source Poster
The source of the Niger River? The source of the blues? Ali Farka Toure is one of the great African guitarists--one who has experimented in the most subtle of ways, seeking inspiration but never creating fusions with other popular music styles. The Source is more roots and less fronds than his Ry Cooder recording Talking Timbuktu; this earlier recording did find him working with Taj Mahal and harmonica player Rory McLeod, but mostly this is a recording with his amazing band, calabash players Amadou Sisse and Hamma Sankare and conga player Oumar Toure, plus a chorus of singers. The emphasis is on the guitar of Toure and the source of the music, the soil of Mali itself. --Louis GibsonInternational Music CDs
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