Toumani Diabaté : discography
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Album : Boulevard De L'independance Year : 2006 |
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Album : In The Heart Of The Moon Label : World Circuit Year : 2005 Ref : CD WCD 072 |
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Album : Jarabi : Best of Toumani Diabate Year : 2001 |
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Album : Kulanjan Year : 1999 |
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Album : New Ancient Strings Year : 1999 |
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Album : Djelika Label : Hannibal Year : 1995 Ref : CD HNCD 1380 |
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Album : Songhaï Vol.2 Year : 1994 Ref : CD HNCD1383 |
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Album : Songhaï Vol.1 Year : 1989 Ref : CD HNCD1323 |
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Album : Kaira Label : Rykodisc Year : 1989 Ref : CD HNCD1338 |
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News about Toumani Diabaté
Malian Kora Master Toumani Diabate at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-10-24 13:08:21.0
Report: LittleBigPlanet Musician Discusses Controversial Song, Islamic Law
Malian singer Toumani Diabate, the musician behind the LittleBigPlanet soundtrack song that caused Sony to delay the game, is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his music. A user on the PlayStation Europe forums had posted that sampling the Koran lyrics in Diabate's 'Tapha Niang' would cause conflict with the Arabic community and with Islamic beliefs. "We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending," read the post. Sony ...
Source : gamasutra.com | 2008-10-21 13:49:00.0
Breaking: LittleBigPlanet Delayed Worldwide Due To Qur'An-Sampling Audio
Sony's long-awaited and much-buzzed LittleBigPlanet will be delayed worldwide. All all copies sent to retailers are being recalled after audio samples from Muslim religious text the Qur'an were discovered in the game's soundtrack, according to new reports. According to a now-removed thread on the PlayStation Europe messageboards, the licensed LBP soundtrack song 'Tapha Niang' by Muslim artist Toumani Diabate's Symmetrical Orchestra uses voice excerpts from the Qur'an in its musical composition. The post, by user ...
Source : gamasutra.com | 2008-10-17 14:51:00.0
What's on in Sweden: July 4 - 10
What's on in Sweden: Bootsy Collins and The World Dog Show in Stockholm, Bruce Springsteen in Gothenburg, Reggae, Latin and Toumani Diabaté in Malmö.
Source : thelocal.se | 2008-07-03 10:35:00.0
Musicport World Music Festival 2008
Musicport 2008 notches up a gear as they publish their list of forthcoming events in the run up to this October's festival. The first event on 17th May, was a runaway success with Belinda O'Hooley, who by all accounts turned in a stunning set supporting Jim Moray.
Acts confirmed so far, for the festival, which takes place at the Spa in Bridlington on October 17/18/19th include:
Toumani Diabate, The Levellers, Rolf Harris, Ska Cubano, Etran Finatawa, Ivo Papasov, Billy Cobham and Asere, Reem Kelani , Moussu T et Lei Jovents, ...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-05-22 07:50:23.0
Toumani Diabate Takes a Solo Turn
By most accounts, Diabate is the world's greatest living player of the kora, a 21-string West African harp. Now, his new album finds the Malian master musician alone with the instrument and defining the state of his art.
Source : npr.org | 2008-04-15 20:21:00.0
Toumani Diabate
The Mande Variations (Nonesuch, 2008)
Son of Sidiki Diabate, one the most celebrated kora players , Toumani Diabate has blazed a career worthy of the Diabate name and legacy of this family of Mande griot musicians from Mali. After twenty years since his first solo and debut recording Kaira and countless collaborations with stellar artists ...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-04-15 02:18:46.0
"The griots are like an archive. They know the histories and the stories. I'm playing a griot instrument and taking it outside Africa."
Malian star Toumani Diabate is part of a musical dynasty that began in the 13th century. via The Taipei Times
Source : Topix.net | 2008-02-23 22:29:30.0
"So it's sometimes dangerous to play the kora after midnight in Africa, because the spirits will come, and you can see the Jinns"
Malian star Toumani Diabate is part of a musical dynasty that began in the 13th century. via Surrey Hants Star
Source : Topix.net | 2008-02-21 12:57:12.0
TOUMANI DIABATE
Twenty years after his international debut release, Toumani Diabaté brings out The Mandé Variations and performs at WOMADelaide on March 7th.
Source : mondomix.com | 2008-02-05 13:40:14.0
Edition from October 24th to 30th 2007 - TIKEN JAH FAKOLY
Ivorian singer Tiken Jah Fakoly treads new ground in his eighth release L’Africain. It includes guest appearances by the likes of Toumani Diabaté, Akon, Soprano and Magyd Cherfi.
Source : mondomix.com | 2007-10-24 13:31:38.0
Vieux Farka Toure at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago
Review by: Terry O'
I saw Vieux Farka Touré last night in Chicago at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. He opened for Toumani Diabate and was a complete surprise. I expected the melancholic and sparse bluesy African music his father, Ali Farka Toure , made famous. His eponymous debut CD owes much to his father and centers on that sound.Vieux has his father's deep connection to music but, at least in concert, he's going his own way. Vieux's music is high energy and danceable.
His father played Malian ...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2007-07-15 21:32:31.0
Bjork's Back
Bjork plays well with others. For her sixth studio album, "Volta" (due this week via Elektra/Atlantic), the Icelandic artist collaborated with longtime partner-in-music Mark Bell, Congolese outfit Konono No. 1, Antony Hegarty (of Antony & the Johnsons), Malian musician Toumani Diabate, hip-hip guru Timbaland, Chinese pipa player Min Xiao-Fen and others.
Source : AndNetwork | 2007-05-07 00:41:40.0
Past meets present in Malian's music
On a moonlit African night in a leafy open-air bar, kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate is peeling off an ethereal flood of kaleidoscopic riffs from a 21-string cow-skin-covered harp like one his forefathers have ...
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Source : Topix.net | 2007-03-25 11:16:42.0