"Blissfully obsessed" !! That`s a great expression ! I`m glad you are enjoying it so much - for me too it is something truely exceptional.
Anyway, it looks set to win the current poll, so lets hope that it generates at least some debate or comment.

I guess the difference between these two albums is that on A Meeting by the River Ry Cooder more or less simply accompanies Vishwa Mohan Bhatt but on Bourbon & Rosewater they kind of meet in the middle for a more interesting (at least to me) fusion of styles.

I'll nominate "Neshamah" by Tim Sparks. It's a nice solo acoustic guitar album that explores several different types of traditional Jewish music with some jazzy themes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-_Neshamah.jpg

Thanks, Frownland : we haven`t had a solo piano album before, so this makes for a very interesting nomination. I think Janszoon is going to change the poll for us, so that Tim Sparks features in the latest poll.
I`m going to post your album in the poll thread now.

EDIT : Thanks for fixing the poll, Janszoon !

(It's a guitar piece ;))

Yeah, I just noticed that too. I saw the album cover and I read what I expected to read ! :laughing:

Toumani Diabaté - The Mandé Variations (2008)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Variations.jpg

Featuring Toumani Diabaté playing solo kora. This video has some background on the musician and on the kora.

Another Toumani Diabaté but this time in a nice bit of Brazilian fusion.

Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté - A Curva Da Cintura (2012)

http://liberta-e.com/acurvadacintura/img/curva01.jpg


If you can only use one of my nominations this round I'll leave it to you to pick your favourite. I like the solo Toumani Diabaté but this one is maybe a little more varied.

Thanks, stp ! They both look like interesting albums, so I`m not sure which one to pick. If no-one else chips in with an opinion, maybe we should go with the one that`s easiest to get hold of. What do you think ?

Maybe just stick with my first nomination of The Mande Variations. It's probably the stronger of the two.