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CD: Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l’Indépendance

This album is the culmination of a decade of Friday night jam sessions at Bamako’s (Mali) Hogon Club and showcases a wide range of musicians and singers, including Kasse Mady Diabate, Soumaila Kanoute and Morissanda Kamissoko. There are scorching horns, fierce percussion and even atmospheric string arrangements. But the one constant throughout is Diabate’s kora playing, which is magical.

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CD: Salif Keita - M’Bemba

The Grammy nominated West African artist, Salif Keita, whose voice The Washington Post once declared as “one other mortals can only aspire to” returned after many years to Bamako, Mali to record M’Bemba, a remarkable, multifaceted collection which beautifully blends native choirs (comprised of his foster sisters), rolling hypnotic guitars, happily dancing percussion, and such indigenous instruments as ngoni lute and kora…

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Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon

In the Heart of the Moon is a summit meeting between two world music giants, guitarist Ali Farka Toure and master of the kora-the 21-string gourd harp-toumani Diabate. It is the first newly recorded work from either artist in five years and their first album-length collaboration.

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