Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu
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Free Music Review: Exciting mix of blues and Malian music
Hit: 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.Free Music Review: Mad Mississipi-Mali connection!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is primarily a modern cd,a cd to be hear by all the world.This is a great reunion of many streams in the musical view.The voices,the rythms,all of the contents is really result of a great,serious work of that great musicians such Ry Cooder;Ali Farka;Clarence and others.All of the blues lovers knows the great influences of Afro-American rythms,lyrics,etc...in the blues,and this cd is a rare opportunity to be in contact with the bluesman of Mali,and this excelent musician called Ry Cooder,one of the best folk-songster from all the times.The guitar tunes in this cd is pure,the drums echoes with a kind of vibration,difficult to explain.Another refined cd,for those people that loves good music,modern music and all of it's varieties.I really recomend this cd!!!!Free Music Review: Gorgeous, happy, relaxed music.
Hit: 5 Stars
This will make you want to dance. Standouts for me:
"Lasidan" - Gets in your head. It's possibly my favorite song on the album. Touré's voice resonates in the mind for days.
"Banga" - Ali Farka Touré is incredible here on the njarka. The combination of this beautiful instrument, the congo, and the calabash is breathtaking.
"Diaraby" - A fitting end. Lovely.
It's an all-around beautiful disc.
Side note: If you like this album, you should really check out Ali Farka Touré's son, Vieux Farka Touré.
Free Music Review: Best of two worlds
Hit: 5 Stars
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.Free Music Review: Beautiful mixture of guitar masters
Hit: 5 Stars
I have given this disc as a gift more times than any other. The music is relaxed, easy to listen to, and combines the brilliance of two incredible guitarists in a melodious blend that I've never heard matched anywhere else. I have quite a lot of West African music and this is different somehow, but is still distinctly more African than American, I think. If there's a disc to take a chance on, this is it - I think anyone that appreciates good blues, acoustic, or African music will like it. It was because of this disc that I've bought nearly every other Ali Farka Toure release, but this one is still my favorite, though it's more polished than others.