In the Heart of the Moon (2005) more music like this

by Ali Farka Touré/Toumani Diabate

In the Heart of the Moon is a duet recording by Malian guitar slinger Ali Farka Toure and Mandé lineage griot Toumani Diabate on kora. There are a few other players who contribute percussion here and there, and Ry Cooder plays a Kawai piano on a couple of tracks and a Ripley guitar on one, but other than these cats, this is a live duo set without ...

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Ali Farka Toure (1988) more music like this

by Ali Farka Touré

Internationally feted at the age of 50, Ali Farka Touré's life was not always so easy. Up till the release of this, his first album, he was virtually unknown in West Africa and a non-entity in the world music community. Before this album bought him fame, if not fortune, Touré's life resembled Amos Tutuola's in Palm Wine Drunkard, a mixture of hard ...

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Sound of the World (2005) more music like this

by Various Artists

Every year respected world music broadcaster Charlie Gillett releases his best-of compilation, and every year it contains some glittering surprises, as well as some glimpses of rising and established stars. In 2005, it seems, the unknowns and little-knowns outnumber the big names -- you'll find Youssou N'Dour (from his glorious Egypt album) and a ...

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