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.
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Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder Lyrics
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@djenebounieredembele445
c'est cette musique qui va m'accompagner le jour de mon mariage Insh'Allah 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@simbon5531
Vous avez avez fait un bon choix. Que Dieu vous protège et vous réserve bonheur et prospérité.
@hieronymus9
Written by Ali Farka Toure in Bambara (a Mande language). Liner note: "No one can deny the things that make them happy. No one can mistake the things that make them happy. Like a dog with a bone, a cat with fresh milk, and a young man and woman."
@ABDULSALAMAYINLA
are you from the mande tribe ?
@the1grrrl
Thank you -- I couldn't figure out which language this was in.
@duduamendoeiraoficial
Thank you so much for this!
@sadioguindo9400
M❤
@MightyConch
One of the best things I’ve ever heard.
@chrysanthemum3065
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Ali and Ry and everyone involved in these sessions just spontaneously levitated from time to time. Their guitars! Wow. The ancient art of weaving...❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@user-xm2kt8lm1m
cv avec toi pour niakounké