Sidi Touré - Sidi Touré & Friends "Sahel Folk" flac album

Sidi Touré (born 1959, Gao, Northern Mali) is a singer/songwriter from Bamako, Mali. His music is a type of songhaï blues. In 1984 he won the award of best singer with a song of his own hand at a Mali National Bienale. He won the same prize again in 1986.

Album · 2011 · 9 Songs. In his debut for Chicago indie label Thrill Jockey, guitarist Sidi Touré follows in the footsteps of Malian greats like Ali Farka Touré while delivering his sublime Sahelian folk. He recorded Sahel Folk with friends over tea at his sister’s house in their hometown of Gao, and the gentle plucking and bare vocals of Adema make it feel like you’re in the room. Taray Kongo showcases the sinewy harmonics of a stringed instrument called the kuntigui, while Sïnji features stunning dual-guitar interplay. Sahel Folk Sidi Touré.

Sidi Touré and Jiba Touré - Adema. Sidi & Friends : Sahel Folk. Sidi Touré & Yehiya Arby - Haallah. has a new cover image. connected to Thrill Jockey Records. Aug 09, 2013 at 07:21 PM. Sidi Toure. has a new profile image. Aug 09, 2013 at 07:16 PM.

There is no doubt that the Malian guitarist knows how to seduce with his playing. In 2003, the Swiss rapper Jonas, who met him in Bamako, asked him to participate in his album Bagages. The Frenchman’s original idea was an album of sounds evoking Gao, the hometown of Touré, who was to make a simple contribution to the project. Things took a completely different direction when the fifty-something musician set up with his old cronies in the courtyard of his sister’s house, around the inevitable cup of tea. The live recording, executed with the utmost simplicity, has an authentic edge. Sidi Touré & Friends Sahel Folk (Thrill Jockey/Differ-Ant) 2011. Translation : Anne-Marie Harper. 04/03/2010 -. Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté.

Summary: Sidi Toure's second solo album was recorded live in Mali with several of his friends over a few days. Record Label: Thrill Jockey. Genre(s): International, West African, African Traditions, Malian Music, African Folk. Name: Sidi Touré Sidi Toure & Friends.

He has won the award for best singer two times at the Mali National Bienale. At its heart, Sahel Folk, Thrill Jockey's debut release with Sidi Toure, is an album of friends reuniting around a glass of tea. It's Sidi Toure's second album, but the first time most of his collaborators have been documented.