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| 1. Bon koum |
| 2. Adema |
| 3. Djarii ber |
| 4. Bera nay wassa |
| 5. Sïnji |
| 6. Taray Kongo |
| 7. Haallah |
| 8. Wayey zarrabo |
| 9. Artiatanat |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sidi's last CD Hoga was a wonderful but dreadful quality recording of Malian northern style blues tinged music, in a very similar style to the late and very great Ali Farka Toure. Worth checking out and the poor recording quality actually adds to that far away feel!
Now, many years on comes Sahel Folk, a wonderous, crystal clear recording of acoustic gorgeousness. 9 tracks and 50 minutes of laid back finger picking and restrained nasal floating vocals. This is 'world music' at it's best. No concessions to a world market, no straining to make it up to date with current banal styles.
The music is unhurried and confident, swinging softly with an insistent but laid back beat. Each track features Sidi on vocals along with another vocalist. The instruments are acoustic guitars and the kurbu (which they say is a traditional guitar) and the kuntigui (monocorde guitar). To me these sound like the twanging sound of the n'goni made famous by Bassekou Kouyate and n'goni ba.
Brilliantly accessible goregousness from a different time and place. Love it!
Now, many years on comes Sahel Folk, a wonderous, crystal clear recording of acoustic gorgeousness. 9 tracks and 50 minutes of laid back finger picking and restrained nasal floating vocals. This is 'world music' at it's best. No concessions to a world market, no straining to make it up to date with current banal styles.
The music is unhurried and confident, swinging softly with an insistent but laid back beat. Each track features Sidi on vocals along with another vocalist. The instruments are acoustic guitars and the kurbu (which they say is a traditional guitar) and the kuntigui (monocorde guitar). To me these sound like the twanging sound of the n'goni made famous by Bassekou Kouyate and n'goni ba.
Brilliantly accessible goregousness from a different time and place. Love it!
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Sahel Folk
5 Oct 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sidi Toure's "Sahel Folk" is an extraordinary collection of music written by several traditional musicians from Mali, all of whom perform alongside Toure on this album. The music, although somewhat different in style from one song to another, represents the quiet, acoustic, rhythmically complex side of west African music, perhaps similar to the music of Afel Bocoum or Ali Farka Toure (particularly in his "Radio Mali" album). "Sahel Folk" is a goldmine for those of us who are fans of music from Mali, because it provides the opportunity to hear songs written by a number of Malian songwriters, many of whom are not well known in the West, despite the beauty of their writing and playing. If you enjoy west African music, or any form of quiet, subtle, folk music from any part of the world, it's likely that you'll want to know "Sahel Folk" as well. I listen to Malian music continually, and "Sahel Folk" is one of most-played albums in my collection. It always sounds fresh and new, no matter how often I hear it.
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