Toumani Diabaté - The Mande Variations

[throbule]

"Fly Me To The Moon", sang Frank Sinatra.

Toumani Diabate makes that possible.

This mans music is like hearing angels tripping past your ears.

Sublime, beautiful, provocative and heavenly vibes.

21 strings have never sounded so good!

Thank you Mr. Diabate - you are an inspiration.

[intezam]

me too...

[Slaphappy1975]

*runs out to buy the CD*

[FireOfpassion]

this man is very honest. salif keita is a griot but history will not tell us that.... you are born a griot u cannot become...... no matter what people say...................... THE TOURES ARE THE NOBLES..... THIS MAN HERE IS ONE OF THE FEW OF THE MANDE WHO TELLS THE TRUth when h speaks. massa bless him

[TheNunuza]

This man is l have seen so many times live-and l have made it my duty to collect all his stuff, yes all'

Love him. Personality wise too. But musically his a genius... BOW..

[curvadevento]

great video and music.

I'm thankfull to Toumani Diabate and for all the other Jeli who're working to make the kora to be know worldwide.

I'm just listening an album with Toumani Diabaté and Ballake Sissoko. Search for them and listen with your heart,

greetings from Brazil

[wefanscomingsoon]

One of the best albums ever recorded. Period.

[bhowzat]

I just saw Toumani perform at the Sydney Festival here in Australia. Absolutely fantastic performance, I've never left a comment on anything on youtube but he deserves the first and the last comment, His performance was eye opening, inspiring and had 30000+ people going wild, welllllll done to say the least!!!

[Ndjumbah]

Amazing musician :)

[si1127]

"Toumani Diabaté is one of Africa's greatest musicians."

What? He's surely one of the world's greatest musicians.

[samopdrift]

another beutiful album by Toumani Diabaté (with Ali Farka Touré) bears the title 'In the heart of the moon', also published by World Circuit. An album not to be missed!!!

[Milverton68]

what beautiful music.. very moving..

[SacredRites]

Amazing.

[CharlieMoher]

I hope he is well. I noticed him using a crutch at the end of the video. A couple of years ago he was dancing around on the stage.

[throbule]

This man takes my breath away with his absolute mastery of a truly amazing instrument - totally beautiful!!!

[Junior1luv]

Mystical Mali Magical mesmerising music!

[walternyc]

He is touring the US with Fleck. History in the making.

[mattgrohe]

Thanks for the tip! They are coming to KC near me! I'm there!

[walternyc]

I've saw Toumani Diabate yesterday March 30 performing in the Fleck Africa project tour in New York. Awesome music, the kora fills the theatre, a unique experience. Fleck also presented other talented musicians from Africa, including D'Gary playing some of the best acoustic guitar solos i've ever heard. Fleck played with all the musicians, and was great. At the end of the show they personally greated everybody and signed autographs. Not to be missed.

[AfrikiSun]

Toumani is so lovely.

What a great musician.

And kora is just so beautiful.

"The Mande Variations" is a superb album.

[babananaman]

beautiful

[premium133]

make me miss home maliba !

[danielleosfalg]

Can't thankyou enough for being alive

[dudewhatthehellman]

i second that with all my significance...

[africabongo]

tres tres jolie musique ,saludation de toute la comunite noir de colombie...Amerique du sud

[FullersRd]

Don't you find that all folk traditions are as similar as they are divers. The griot tradition is that of the bardic celt, the troupadour, the quwali singer. This is so lovely music.

[philomelodia]

What an expressive instrument! I find the fact that there are musical families in Mali, Gambia, Senegal and guinea that go back for centuries to be utterly fascinating. As a musician who felt the spark of the music at a young age but lacked the environment to bring it to fruision until adulthood, I am envious. It must be wonderful to grow up in such a family.

[Right2Write]

In this music is the "seat of the soul" of an ancient energy...Tranquility, Light, Sound...Life! A Mystical Journey...Which confirms that a better world lives within us to find and just be...Merci Tumani Diabaté... Namaste(The Divinity in me sSalutes the Divinity in you) votre soeur d'un coeur...in LOVE!

From Everlasting to Everlasting...

"ME"

[ERZAJOP]

SUBLIME !!!! RIEN D AUTRE A DIRE ...

[rodswell]

Pure Genious!!! :) Some of the Best Music i have ever heard in my Life...Hits all chakras with Good Vibes/Energy. Infinite Blessings Toumani Diabate

[cornemmuse]

such soulful music - such a player. A blessing to us all

kevin

[anacleto42]

Meus Deus!!!

[paidavic]

Essa musica a coisa mais bonita que me lembro ter ouvido.

[hendrixhere]

De Acuerdo

[magda61]

Había escuchado en Radio Valentín Letelier de la Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile a Tumani Diabaté y a otros intérpretes de Kora, pero fué gracias a Crisol de Músicas, sitio español, que llegué a esta dirección que me permite conocerlo. Lástima que en mi país se sepa tan poco acerca de los Griots, su plena vigencia misical y la gran calidad y belleza de sus trabajos. Ha sido un agrado para mi conocer un poco más y escuchar una muestra del último CD del señor Diabaté.

Felicitaciones.