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- Monday,May 12,2008nothingJournal Topics: Reviews
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New York's Other Music presented Toumani Diabate in a rare in-store solo lecture-demonstration earlier this year for the Live at Other Music series, to celebrate the release of his new album, The Mande Variations, and now offers up two videos from the event. "When we’re lucky enough to host a musician with the singular vision and dedication of Malian griot and kora prodigy Toumani Diabate," says Other Music's Josh Madell, "it makes us all take pause."
Journal Topics: Video - Tuesday,April 15,2008nothing
Toumani Diabaté's latest release, The Mande Variations, his first solo recording since his debut album 20 years ago, "is a welcome surprise," says Banning Eyre on NPR's All Things Considered. "In the hands of a master like Diabaté," Eyre concludes, "the kora belongs to an African classical art form that has been evolving and growing for hundreds of years. With this work, Diabaté defines the very state of that art." Toumani is in London this week for three shows with Björk at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Journal Topics: Reviews - Monday,April 14,2008nothing
On The Mande Variations, Toumani Diabaté has recorded his first solo kora album in two decades. Pitchfork gives it an 8.3 rating, calling it "the real thing, casually captivating from start to finish." It's also "haunting stuff ... in the awe inspired by hearing music this pure woven from the hands of a man."
Journal Topics: Reviews - Monday,April 7,2008nothingJournal Topics: On Tour
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