Toumani Diabate live Photo: Supplied
Episode 178 features an interview with the Malian Kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté, recorded on location at Womad in 2008. Toumani is a Griot who comes from over 700 years of Kora players, passed down from father to son. An exceptional musician who is also something of a serial collaborator, Toumani won a Grammy Award for his collaboration with the late Malian guitarist, Ali Farke Toure, for their album In The Heart of The Moon, as well as collaborating and recording with number of European musicians, including pop stars like Bjork. He last appeared at Womad with his son Sidiki also playing kora in 2015.
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Paul Bosauder
A Mi Tio Elias (Solea)
Paul Bosauder
Tierra Y Mar
Paul Bosauder
Yasmin Levy
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen Entertainment One
Sentir
Toumani Diabaté And Sidiki Diabaté
Lampedusa
Toumani Diabaté
Toumani & Sidiki
World Circuit
Lenka Lichtenberg
Zum Gali Gali (Peace is the Only Way)
Lenka Lichtenberg
Yiddish Journey
Arc Recordings
Youssour N'Dour & Peter Gabriel
This Dream
Youssour N'Dour & Peter Gabriel
Joko - From Village to Town
Real World
Sans
The Recollection Of That Day O Chiadain An Lò Lusabatz Ararati Vra
Sans, Andrew Cronshaw
Kulku
Andrew Cronshaw
Amira Medunjanin
Moj dilbere
Amira Medunjanin
Moj dilbere
Harmonia Mundi
Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra
Single
Toumani Diabate
Boulevard De L'Independance
World Circuit
Bjork featuring Toumani Diabate
Hope
Bjork
Volta
One Little Indian / warner
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
Debe
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
In The Heart of The Moon
World Circuit
Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra
tapha Niang
Toumani Diabate
Boulevard De L'Independance
World Circuit
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
Mamadou Boutiquier
Toure / Diabate
In The Heart of The Moon
World Circuit
Toumani Diabate
Kaounding Cissko
Toumani Diabate
The Mandé Variations
World Circuit
3 MA : Rajery, Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi
Kadiatou
Rajery, Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi
3MA
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