Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is considered by many to be the world's finest kora player. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. He comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father, Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. Read Full BioToumani Diabaté (born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is considered by many to be the world's finest kora player. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. He comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father, Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970.
In addition to performing Malian traditional music, Diabaté has also performed and recorded in cross-cultural settings. He has collaborated with flamenco group Ketama, forming a combined group known as Songhai and releasing two recordings: Songhai I and Songhai II. He also released a memorable album with Kulanjan, bridging the gap between African and African American music in collaboration with the American blues musician Taj Mahal. His MALIcool is another, more unusual but nevertheless successful collaboration with the American jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd.
In 2002 Diabaté released the album New Ancient Strings, a collaboration with Ballake Sissoko and in September 2005, he released In The Heart Of The Moon, for which he collaborated with Ali Farka Touré. On 25 July 2006 he released his latest album Boulevard de l'Independence, recorded with his Symmetric Orchestra.
He appeared in 2006 at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
In addition to performing Malian traditional music, Diabaté has also performed and recorded in cross-cultural settings. He has collaborated with flamenco group Ketama, forming a combined group known as Songhai and releasing two recordings: Songhai I and Songhai II. He also released a memorable album with Kulanjan, bridging the gap between African and African American music in collaboration with the American blues musician Taj Mahal. His MALIcool is another, more unusual but nevertheless successful collaboration with the American jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd.
In 2002 Diabaté released the album New Ancient Strings, a collaboration with Ballake Sissoko and in September 2005, he released In The Heart Of The Moon, for which he collaborated with Ali Farka Touré. On 25 July 2006 he released his latest album Boulevard de l'Independence, recorded with his Symmetric Orchestra.
He appeared in 2006 at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
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Toumani Diabaté Lyrics
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kareem mohammed
I'm speechless! its healing! why are not more people liking this type of music? absolutely amazing.
Antonio Brandao
kareem mohammed if this would play in the mainstream media, more people would be liking it. But most people never heard this.
Antonio Brandao
Blissful. This one and Jarabi are my favourites.
Jeff Mouguiama
Listen Lampedusa😉
Lamine Dabo
Voici l'Afrique, voici la vraie musique 🎶.
Rick Gammon
I'm playing this and thinking of a good man - lost this evening to the virus but found in God.
camara oumar
J'ai des larmes qui coules lorsque j'écoute cette mélodie...2022 qui est la 👍👍👍 vive la Cora vive le mandingue vive l'Afrique
Lamine Dabo
Cet appaissant, ça fait du bien vraiment. La kora l'instrument mythique africain.
Enock's Music
How come I'm only discovering this album in 2021 !!! Very nice harmonies, versatility, beauty, it brings to mind memories ! Thank you Mr Diabate.
bartcolen
On the contrary, I would say that it's to your credit that you are discovering this music at all, regardless of the year!
In fact, it's not a discovery, it's a revelation. That's how we ALL find it, after all!
Toumani clearly taps into something that goes WAY back.
It's a privilege to be able to hear and enjoy such music.