Its been a really weird day, so I've been listening to Pere Ubu or the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (http://www.sfupb.com/)
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today I'm rocking a new album by some old musicians, Ali Farka Toure > and Toumani Diabate. > > Toure, sadly, passed away a couple years back. He was long known as > the Bluesman of the Savannah and blended finger-style blues guitar > work with traditional music of his native country, Mali. Toumani > Diabate is one of the most celebrated players of the kora, a > traditional stringed instrument. > > The new album is called Ali and Toumani. Thus far it is a bit more low > key than some of Farka's older stuff but it is really well done, > especially if you are a fan of intricate, funky guitar work. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PKdK_68r0A > > My favorite album of Toure's is called Savane. Just brilliant stuff > and some great blues. > > This video is a nice kind of overview of the album and Toure's live playing: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2U1ViQCPA0&feature=related > > And if you like the songs linked above, you might want to check out > Toure's son, Vieux. I don't think he is quite as talented as his dad, > but he's a lot of fun and he tours America periodically. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312505 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
