Mid-90s collaboration between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American musician Ry Cooder, recorded in just three days in Los Angeles and built around the deep musical connection between Saharan desert blues and the roots of American blues music.
With Cooder deliberately restraining his playing to preserve Touré’s hypnotic guitar style and Songhai vocal traditions, the record offered a cultural bridge that helped popularise African desert blues internationally and cement Touré’s reputation as the ‘Hendrix of the Sahara.’
Label: World Circuit
Format: Double 12" vinyl
Tracklist:
A1 Bonde
A2 Soukora
A3 Gomni
A4 Sega
B1 Amandrai
B2 Lasidan
B3 Keito
C1 Banga
C2 Ai Du
C3 Diaraby
D Lasidan (Alternative Take)
Mid-90s collaboration between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American musician Ry Cooder, recorded in just three days in Los Angeles and built around the deep musical connection between Saharan desert blues and the roots of American blues music.
With Cooder deliberately restraining his playing to preserve Touré’s hypnotic guitar style and Songhai vocal traditions, the record offered a cultural bridge that helped popularise African desert blues internationally and cement Touré’s reputation as the ‘Hendrix of the Sahara.’
Label: World Circuit
Format: Double 12" vinyl
Tracklist:
A1 Bonde
A2 Soukora
A3 Gomni
A4 Sega
B1 Amandrai
B2 Lasidan
B3 Keito
C1 Banga
C2 Ai Du
C3 Diaraby
D Lasidan (Alternative Take)
