Malian kora master Toumani Diabaté is joined by his eldest son, Sidiki, for the new father-and-son recording Toumani & Sidiki. The album, due out next Monday, May 19, in North America, is streaming in full all this week via the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog. Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté will embark on a US tour starting at BAM in Brooklyn, September 24, and running through October 3.
Malian kora master Toumani Diabaté is joined by his eldest son, Sidiki, for the new father-and-son recording Toumani & Sidiki, which the Guardian has called "the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré." The album is due out next Monday, May 19, in North America. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full all this week via the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog. Hear the complete album now at wsj.com.
In support of the album, Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté will embark on a US tour, starting September 24 at the Brooklyn Acadmey of Music (BAM) on a double bill with Rokia Traoré as part of the Nonesuch Records at BAM celebration, and runs through October 3. A preliminary tour schedule is below and at nonesuch.com/on-tour. More dates will be announced soon.
Toumani & Sidiki is available to preorder in iTunes or in the Nonesuch Store on CD, vinyl, MP3, and FLAC with an instant download of the album track "Rachid Ouiguini" included at checkout.
TOUMANI & SIDIKI FALL 2014 US TOUR
| Sep 24 | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY |
| Sep 26 | Royce Hall | Los Angeles, CA |
| Sep 27 | Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center | San Francisco, CA |
| Sep 28 | Bing Concert Hall | Stanford, CA |
| Oct 1 | Reynolds Theater, Duke University | Durham, NC |
| Oct 3 | Artisphere | Arlington, VA |
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