Lucy duran on the life and music of toumani diabaté

As a musician and professor of music with a research focus on the kora , I knew and worked with Toumani. But Toumani would continue playing and collaborating around the world. Edition: Available editions Europe.

Lucy duran on the life and music of toumani diabaté: Lucy Durán discusses the

Donate to the Fighting Fund. Read Next. Toumani brought out the universal qualities of Mande griot music, faithful to his musical heritage, called jeliya. Duran talked exclusively to the Morning Star about the new reissues. Donate today and make a regular contribution. His rapid-fire improvisations were laced with gorgeous, languorous melodies, as if they were being sung.

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And my children go there too. Tweets by Morning Star. While he was recording his album The Mande Variations , I interviewed Toumani as part of my research. He told me about his childhood. We offer a platform for those who would otherwise never be listened to, coverage of stories that would otherwise be buried. His father stated, during his last public performance, that the kora had been in his family for seven generations contrary to the commonly reported 71 generations.

This is a personal tribute to a man who has left a legacy as enormous as the one he was born into. Her group included a visionary guitarist, Bouba Sacko:. Returning to the UK with the tapes, Lucy and Nick added very little, instead the challenge was to edit down so much playing onto one album. Soon available to gift and share once again, New Ancient Strings is as remarkable for its acoustics as the virtuosity of the two featured maestros who would go on to become international stars.

He walked with a cane all his life. They used to travel hundreds of kilometres in search of patronage, usually by foot, sharing stories and tunes along the way. More sharing options. Buy Shares. With father and son on board, she set about persuading a label. He put together the ensemble in and made two albums with them, in and Sidiki was originally from Gambia, and settled in Mali upon independence from France in The album received five-star reviews and Toumani was invited to play at festivals and concerts around the world.

How tragic that he did not live to see the album in print.