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.
Soukora
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Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder Chéri la nuit est tombé Chérie la nuit est Tombé Bb la…
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@Auspex420
I played this for my son while still in the womb. The day he was born he stopped crying immediately as he heard this play. Beautiful music, beautiful moment.
@shakangirl
most darling comment I got ;)
@sirmax1776
wow wow what a beauty, cannot be explained but only exprienced
@joffreyhelman6050
Alz de
@gratefullll
😢
@Alhaweeee
One of the most ever honest and lightening-strong comments I've ever came accross in ma life, long live to you until you see your son a successful character even you enjoy playing it to his children dear great sister⚘✊🏾 R.I.P to Ali Farka a true legend💐😍
@aboudiarra6276
Repose en paix papa Ali farka l’Afrique ne t’oubliera jamais ❣️
😭😭😭😭😭 depuis Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮🇨🇮
@ronaldh8446
”My love it is night now, Wait for me my love. I love you. And I love the night. I like it when it is peaceful at night, Wait for me my love, it is night now. Just wait for me my darling”
This song is Heaven on Earth.
@bbkarkane5299
This is so wonderful. Thank you Ry & Ali may God bless the both of you.❤️❤️❤️ From Mauritania.
@peacifulmoments
RIP Sir, so peaciful and local essentials thats all perfect for who loves music. love from Turkey to the West Africa.