So, about month ago, Toumani Diabate had a show with a bunch of his collaborators, most notably from the Western music scene, Damon Albarn and Bjork. There's a couple of rough videos of the show up on youtube, so I figured I'd post one here, along with a photo I found on Flickr. Toumani is such a great musician, I got to see him earlier this year at the Logan Square Audiorium and it was magical. In other Malian musician/ Damon Albarn news, Damon is set to produce the new album by Amadou and Mariam, they are also brilliant, I got to see them at Lollapalooza this year and they are really fun live.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A video of Damon perfoming at the Toumani Diabate and friends concert in August.
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This is great music!!! It sounds so much like Blackmore's Night.
what happened to the other one?
I'm going to see Toumani soon, I'm really excited. The music is magical.
Did you know theres an Africa express show in London in Oct? Wish I could go :(
You should fly over to the UK sometime.
Toumani's show is so cool...there's this one guy who has an amazing voice and waves a lions tail around!
I'm holding out hope for an Africa Express show 'round here sometime :)
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