Ali Farka Toure - Savane
Genre: mali blues | Label: World Circuit | FLAC (tracks), Covers | PT: 58:37 | 2006 | 3 x 95 + 47 MB
Genre: mali blues | Label: World Circuit | FLAC (tracks), Covers | PT: 58:37 | 2006 | 3 x 95 + 47 MB
This is a memorable album of African blues, but the lyrics are also well worth checking out. As Ali Farka Touré himself said: "It's not so much the music that's important, as what you're saying. But the music has to be good for people to listen to the words." The songs are mostly in Malian dialects such as Peul (but with some sung in French), and they deal with anything from traditional stories about cattle rearing and competition through to tales of the spirit world (he may have been a devout Muslim but he was famous for his gift for communicating with the ancient spirits believed to live in the Niger river) through to more contemporary stories… This is the last solo album by the best-known and best-loved guitarist in Africa, and it's simply outstanding…
