Talking Timbuktu

by Ali Farka Tour茅 & Ry Cooder

Talking Timbuktu cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 March 1994
  • Label: World Circuit
  • Country: Mali
  • Length: 1:00:08
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ry Cooder

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Talking Timbuktu' is a profoundly spiritual and warm collaboration that explores the ancestral connections between West African Songhai music and American blues. The album features mellow, rhythmic guitar interplay that is both calm and playful, capturing a uniquely sun-drenched summer atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, guitars, folk, traditional, bluesy, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Bonde - with Ry Cooder (5:28)
  2. Soukora - with Ry Cooder (6:05)
  3. Gomni - with Ry Cooder (7:00)
  4. Sega - with Ry Cooder (3:10)
  5. Amandrai - with Ry Cooder (9:23)
  6. Lasidan - with Ry Cooder (6:06)
  7. Keito - with Ry Cooder (5:42)
  8. Banga - with Ry Cooder (2:32)
  9. Ai Du - with Ry Cooder (7:09)
  10. Diaraby - with Ry Cooder (7:26)

Credits

  • Ali Farka Tour茅 - Primary Artist, Vocals, Electric Guitar, 6-String Banjo [Six String Banjo], Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle [Njarka], Arranged By [Traditional]
  • Ry Cooder - Primary Artist, C眉mb眉艧, Mandoguitar [Electric], Acoustic Guitar [Toy], Electric Guitar, Mbira, Slide Guitar [Electric], Electric Guitar [Vox], Tambora, Electric Guitar [Slide], Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Marimba, Accordion [Sample]
  • Hamma Sankare - Calabash, Vocals [Chorus]
  • Oumar Toure - Congas, Chorus, Bongos
  • Larry Hirsch - Mixed By
  • John Patitucci - Acoustic Bass, Bass Guitar
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Electric Guitar, Viola

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