Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder … Read Full Bio ↴Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder in 1995 joined forces to record the Grammy award-winning album Talking Timbuktu.
Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, who was one of Mali's leading singer-guitarists, has a trance-like, bluesy style that, although deeply rooted in Malian tradition, bears astonishing similarity to that of John Lee Hooker or even Canned Heat. It's a mono-chordal vamp, with repetitive song lines cut with shards of blistering solo runs that shimmer like a desert mirage. Toure may be conversant with some blues artists, but it is unlikely that artists like Hooker or Robert Pete Williams ever heard these Malian roots, which makes the connection so uncanny. Ry Cooder, well versed in domestic and world guitar styles, is the perfect counterpoint in these extended songs/jams, his sinewy slide guitar intertwining with his partner's in a super world summit without barriers or borders.
Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, who was one of Mali's leading singer-guitarists, has a trance-like, bluesy style that, although deeply rooted in Malian tradition, bears astonishing similarity to that of John Lee Hooker or even Canned Heat. It's a mono-chordal vamp, with repetitive song lines cut with shards of blistering solo runs that shimmer like a desert mirage. Toure may be conversant with some blues artists, but it is unlikely that artists like Hooker or Robert Pete Williams ever heard these Malian roots, which makes the connection so uncanny. Ry Cooder, well versed in domestic and world guitar styles, is the perfect counterpoint in these extended songs/jams, his sinewy slide guitar intertwining with his partner's in a super world summit without barriers or borders.
Diaraby
Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Diaraby' by these artists:
Ali Farka Tour%C3%A9 %26 Ry Cooder Carilla gara dis Quelle il a da du may de fait Carilla…
Ali Farka Touré Carilla gara dis Quelle il a da du may de fait Carilla…
Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder Carilla gara dis Quelle il a da du may de fait Carilla…
Ali Farka Touré Ry Cooder Carilla gara dis Quelle il a da du may de fait Carilla…
The Touré-Raichel Collective Oum guéllila djarabiyo Oum guéllila nétoumbé dé feu Oum guél…
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@Bluesman2509
Arguably one of the greatest blues pieces in the modern era
@michealtomelloso3912
l agree,took me along time to finally find ,because the the first time l heard it was on the movie Abouna(Our Father),Fantastic Song.
@arushasmusic8523
Agree !!
@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName
Super cool awesome piece of music… but inarguably not one of the top 1000 greatest blues pieces in the modern era. It’s traditional Malian African Songhay drone.
Just because Ry Cooper breaks out his slide and sits in with the band, doesn’t make it blues… neither do the monikers “African Blues” or “Desert Blues.”
Very cool great music, but a completely different genre.
@user-zr3ro3cn2y
This song got it the blues me
@saludosalsol
I saw his son play this live! I almost died it was so good.
@wilyfebbs9241
This song is so awesome , that I’m getting goosebumps all over my skin , this is what African blues is all about.
@nomadicphilosopher3110
3 years late but kin I feel it
@dennisratemo9710
Good Music. Anyone listening 2020
@stevegilbert5484
Bought it when it first came out. played it ever since.