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Malian guitarist Afel Bocoum's Alkibar was recorded in the same magical sessions as "Niafunké" by Ali Farka Toure, who has been Afel's mentor for some years. This elegantly recorded album was taped in a deserted former agricultural school in the depths of rural Mali, and is full of the melancholy and deceptive simplicity of Malian "Wassoulou" blues, with its mesmeric, repeating guitar lines, calabash and surprising vocal chorus lines. Afel and Toure's acoustic guitar lines are so well judged that this is, at first hearing, very simple music. The swing recalls the American blues--the repeating instrumental figures sink in with no effort at all and the vocal lines are extremely satisfying. However listen again and you'll discover new harmonies and rhythms creating a vivid, multi-layered whole. --Neil Bennun
Malian guitarist Afel Bocoum's Alkibar was recorded in the same magical sessions as "Niafunké" by Ali Farka Toure, who has been Afel's mentor for some years. This elegantly recorded album was taped in a deserted former agricultural school in the depths of rural Mali, and is full of the melancholy and deceptive simplicity of Malian "Wassoulou" blues, with its mesmeric, repeating guitar lines, calabash and surprising vocal chorus lines. Afel and Toure's acoustic guitar lines are so well judged that this is, at first hearing, very simple music. The swing recalls the American blues--the repeating instrumental figures sink in with no effort at all and the vocal lines are extremely satisfying. However listen again and you'll discover new harmonies and rhythms creating a vivid, multi-layered whole. --Neil Bennun
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