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When you are, like me, able to step outside your comfort zone inside your musicical world and want to have a uplifting taste of the north african rai music, this album is a classic. I have been playing this album, since it’s release, in the company of rockers, jazz purists and pop fans.
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Everybody digs Cheb Mami. The sheer power of the voice of Mami, together with it’s contemporary sounds, still after all these years, makes this album a truly classic arab album.
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A very successful blend of classic black blues and the folkloric elements of Mali. In addition to the more than interesting instrumental mix of guitar, percussion and njarka (a kind of fiddle), I am particularly impressed by the typical voice of Ali Farka Toure, who gives the songs a very special flair. From this one can clearly hear the strong Arabic influence typical of Mali, which, however, is far from being as intrusive as pure Arabic songs. Talking Timbuktu was my first CD by Ali Farka Toure and I loved her so much that I ordered all the other CDs of this man I could get - so far I have four of them in my possession and I do not regret it, even though This CD is certainly the best of it. I can highly recommend this CD to lovers of African music or even blues friends, even though it might take a bit of getting used to for some ears due to the instrumentation.
Who likes Buena Vista Social Club, should not miss this CD. “Talking Timbuktu” is true and qualitatively equivalent predecessor of BVSC. Here, Ry Cooder and Ali Faka Toure succeed with African traditions an indescribably inspiring and humorous, somehow soothing and joyful piece of music. A CD, which I put on again and again for years without ever running the risk of catching the catchy tune. An incredible mix of African rhythms, African vocals, blues and slide guitar. I have listened to the CD three times in a row on some days, this music will not let you go.
She accompanies you as you sleep Ry Cooder has created a real masterpiece here with Ali Farka Toure from Mali. Ali Farka Toure was born in the village of Gourmararusse in Mali. Now, in his sixty-odd, he is the most famous Malian guitarist. He quietly spends his life in the city of Niafunke (Niafunke), which is located on the arid northern shores of the Niger River. But the requests of listeners around the world, who like the warmth and spirituality of his singing and playing, do not allow him to stop. Fans of Tours in the West call him an African bluesman, John Lee Hooker’s spiritual brother, but for Tours, American blues is nothing more than a Western reflection of the sounds of Mali. Tours give the palm to the beautiful, ancient cultures of the Timbuktu area.
He says: “Tamasek, sing, dogon, singhai, bambara, boso and the sea are seven different nationalities, seven different languages, but we all live here in Niafunka.” When Toure was ten years old, he began to play instruments that he calls his teachers-a small single-stringed guitar, njurkel, and a tiny violin of nyarka-a pumpkin-sized fist, with a thirty-centimeter neck, on which is fastened a thin string of guts. Then he learned about the existence of the guitar and, inspired by the founder of the African Ballet of Guinea Fodeba Keita (Fodeba Keita), began to learn how to play it. And he owned, in addition to guitar, bongami and instrument “kalabash”; and sang in eleven languages, except English. He sang about education, work, love, society. About what the blues should talk about - the hardships and the changeable nature of human existence. Toure thoroughly toured abroad and recorded a large number of records there. In 1994, he worked with American guitarist Rai Kuder, which resulted in the album “Talking Timbuktu”.
This album received a Grammy and became one of the most successful fruits of cooperation between African and American musicians. “A triumph.” The Sunday Times When Ali met Ry Cooder in 1992 they really bonded and Ali later presented him with the first instrument he made, a one-string lute called a djerkal. Recorded in just three days in LA in 1993 the resulting collaboration 'Talking Timbuktu’ well deserved its Grammy Award. Relaxed and accessible, the music is complimented by Ry’s subtle guitar work and sensitive production while retaining the integrity of Ali’s performance. Ali Farke Toure and Ry Cooder have long treasured each other’s recordings. They first met in London in 1992 while both were touring Europe.
It was agreed that they should 'try something together’. This ‘something’ became ‘Talking Timbuktu’, a Grammy award-winning classic album. In September '93 Toure was set to play a string of dates in the States and a week was set aside for recording his new album. Cooder was to play on a couple of tracks. A few hours’ rehearsal at Cooder’s Santa Monica home hinted at inspiring possibilities. The Malian guitarist’s next three Californian dates all featured Cooder as special guest.
The recording followed a week later by which time Cooder had agreed to produce the entire album and play on every track. The whole album, recorded in three days, is now available on vinyl with an additional previously unreleased track.