NPR: Toumani Diabate's New Album the "Most Beautiful Recording of the Kora"

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This week's edition of All Songs Considered features music from Toumani Diabate's The Mande Variations. Host Bob Boilen prefaced the playing of the album's closing track, "Cantelowes," with this introduction: "I don't know why I think the music of Mali is the most beautiful music in the world, but I do. Its most magical musician must be Toumani Diabate." The new album, he exclaims, "is the most beautiful recording of the kora that I've ever heard."

You can listen to the episode at npr.org or play the track, "Cantelowes," here:


Diabate_mande_lg_2 Click here to add The Mande Variations CD plus the free album MP3s to your Shopping Cart now for only $15.98. Visit the Nonesuch Store for more options.

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  • Thursday, February 28, 2008
    NPR: Toumani Diabate's New Album the "Most Beautiful Recording of the Kora"

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    This week's edition of All Songs Considered features music from Toumani Diabate's The Mande Variations. Host Bob Boilen prefaced the playing of the album's closing track, "Cantelowes," with this introduction: "I don't know why I think the music of Mali is the most beautiful music in the world, but I do. Its most magical musician must be Toumani Diabate." The new album, he exclaims, "is the most beautiful recording of the kora that I've ever heard."

    You can listen to the episode at npr.org or play the track, "Cantelowes," here:


    Diabate_mande_lg_2 Click here to add The Mande Variations CD plus the free album MP3s to your Shopping Cart now for only $15.98. Visit the Nonesuch Store for more options.

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