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Originally Posted by Bulldog
All the best stuff comes from Mali I reckon. The aforementioned Salif Keita has done some wonderful work over the years. Tinariwen, Boubacar Traore, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate are a few more of my personal favourites from the area - well worth a listen.
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All nice Bulldog. Boubacar "Kar Kar" Traore, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate all come from the Mande influence that I wrote about. You can hear similarities with Keita especially in the guitar runs. Unlike Keita, though, all three are influenced by American blues in addition to Mande.
Tinariwen are from a different strain of Malian people--Tuareg rebels. Their music is much more "Arabic" influenced and political rather than the more mellow traditional Mande. Good stuff.
Here are some links:
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabaté both have free listens on their myspace pages; both pages have some tracks with Toure and Diabate together:
Toure:
http://www.myspace.com/alifarkatoureofficial
Diabate:
http://www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate
Boubacar Traore
YouTube - Boubacar Traoré "KarKar"
Traore and Toure duet:
YouTube - Boubacar "Kar Kar" Traore & Ali Farka Toure
Tinariwen, myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/tinariwen
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I wouldn't say ALL the good WA music comes from Mali; wait til you hear the Nigerians!!!