Ali Farka Touré - Red & Green (2004) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 610 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 205 Mb
Label: World Circuit | # WCD070 | Time: 01:28:48 | Scans ~ 43 Mb
World Fusion, African Folk, Desert Blues
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 610 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 205 Mb
Label: World Circuit | # WCD070 | Time: 01:28:48 | Scans ~ 43 Mb
World Fusion, African Folk, Desert Blues
By the mid-'90s, Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré was expanding his signature acoustic African blues by changing his instrumental palette and collaborating with Western musicians like Ry Cooder (as on 1994's Talkin' Timbuktu). While Touré gained prominence during this period, many die-hard fans tout the artist's earliest work as his strongest. The double-disc set Red & Green brings together two albums originally released by the French label Sonodisc between the mid- and late '80s. The original vinyl versions were long out of print and difficult to find, until their issue here on World Circuit/Nonesuch. Both albums are entirely acoustic (Touré didn't introduce an electric guitar until 1991's The Source), with minimal accompaniment on calabash and ngoni (a traditional four-string guitar), which perfectly complements Touré's percussive guitar style and plaintive, keening vocals.