Artist: Toumani Diabate
Genre(s):
Folk
Discography:
In the Heart of the Moon
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Kaira
Year: 1987
Tracks: 5
A maestro of the kora (21-string West African harmonica), Toumani Diabaté has brought the traditional music of his native Mali to the attention of an international audience with a series of well-received solo albums and some unlikely, merely acclaimed, collaborations. Although he came from a home of musicians, Diabaté (born August 10, 1965) taught himself to play the kora from an early age, as his father, wHO likewise played the legal instrument, was often away touring. He developed a style of playacting that, piece being strongly stock-still in the Malian tradition, is also open to a broad grasp of other influences, such as nothingness and flamenco. He has after sought out other musicians from around the existence wHO ar willing to experiment with him, even acting a concert in Amsterdam with a classical harpist. His 1989 debut, Kaira, made history as the first-ever solo kora album to be released. Stark, haunting, and full of breathless improvisational flourishes, it made him a virtuoso in his homeland and an sought after performing artist internationally. In the same yr, Songhai, a highly acclaimed collaboration between Diabaté, the Spanish flamenco group Ketama, and British jazz-folk bassist Danny Thompson, likewise released their acclaimed debut. Over the next 6 days, Diabaté performed at festivals and concerts all over the globe, doing lots to widen the appeal of the music of Mali, in general, and the kora, in special. In 1995, a sec Songhai album was released, as well as Djelika, on which he light-emitting diode a grouping of musicians featuring Kélétigui Diabaté (a old stager master of the xylophone-like balafon and no relation to Toumani) and ngoni (a miniature guitar-like stringed instrument) role player Basekou Kouyate. He concentrated on acting in Mali over the following few old age, ahead releasing New Ancient Strings, his 1999 collaboration with buster new-generation kora master Ballaké Sissoko. The album was a tribute to their fathers world Health Organization, nigh 30 long time to begin with, had released an album of kora duets called Ancient Strings. In the same yr, the very extremely acclaimed Kulanjan was released. This featured Diabaté, Sissoko, and other buster Malians, including singer Kassé-Mady Diabaté in a "West Africa meets the blues" collaboration with U.S. guitarist Taj Mahal. To further the album, these musicians toured internationally at the end of 1999. In 2000, Diabaté performed and recorded with Blur frontman Damon Albarn, when the latter visited Mali as part of an OXFAM project. Boulevard de I'Independence appeared from Nonesuch Records in 2006.
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