TOUMANI DIABATE at HAY FESTIVAL 2010 (3/6)

The inspirational Kora musician Toumani Diabate, from Mali, playing at the Hay Festival in Wales, with his brilliant Symmetric Orchestra :

Toumani Dibate (kora)
Ganda Tounkara (Ngoni / hoddu)
Fanta Mady Kouyate (guitar)
Fode Lassana Siabate (balafon / xylophone)
Boubacar Diabate (sabar / djembe)
Mohamed Koita (bass)
Fode' Kouyate (percussion)

For Toumani Diabate tour dates 2010 "Ali Farka Toure Variations" - a celebration of his friend, who died in 2006 - see : Toumani Diabate myspace : they will be performing in Norway, USA, Canada, Spain, Holland, Belgium, and UK in 2010. Get a ticket, if you can.

Beautiful cd : Toumani Diabate : The Mande Variations

" "In the Heart of the Moon" (2005) is has become the stuff of legends. The two lions of Malian music - the griot from the south (Diabaté) and the blues guitarist from the north (Touré) - met at the Hotel Mandé in Bamako, on the banks of the Niger river, and without any rehearsal recorded an improvised set that was intimate, gentle and haunting. The partnership was further sealed with a further London recording session, the fruits of which were finally released this year : "Ali and Toumani". "

Tim Woodall 3 June 2010
from his review : Toumani Diabate - The Ali Farka Variations at Barbican Hall,
for flyglobalmusic

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