an archive session from blues man Taj Mahal
Monday 3 September 2007 23:45-1:00 (Radio 3)
Lucy presents her own global music mix, featuring an archive session from blues man Taj Mahal with Malian kora maestro Toumani Diabate.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
Lucy Duran
3 September 2007
11:45pm
Yasmin Levy: Irme Quero (4.44)
album: Mano Suave (sampler of forthcoming album)
World Village 450003
http://www.yasminlevy.net/
Roisin Elsafty: Poor Weary Wanderer (3.39)
album: Ma Bhionn Tu Liom Bi Liom - New and Traditional Songs from Conamara
Vertical Records VERTCD080
http://www.roisinelsafty.com/
A Moving Sound: Dombra (5.14)
album: Songs Beyond Words
A Moving Sound ams-2
http://www.amovingsound.com/
Konono No.1: Nsimba & Nzuzi (4.28)
album: Konono No.1 Live at Couleur Cafe
Crammed Discs Craw 45
http://www.crammed.be/
Grupo Raizes do Samba de Sao Bras: Selecao de Sambas-de-Roda (5.22)
album: Musica do Brasil (4 CD set)
Abril Entretenimento 11003005-2
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate:
Kulan Jam (5.55)
Ol' Georgie Buck (9.16)
Recorded for Andy Kershaw's Radio 1 programme, 11 September 1999
Taj Mahal (vocals/guitar); Toumani Diabate (kora); Kasse Mady Diabate (vocals); Djeneba Seck (backing vocals); Lassana Diabate (balafon); Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni); Ballake Sissoko (kora); 'Simbon' Coulibaly (bolon - bass harp)
Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate released the collaborative album Kulanjan in 1999 (Hannibal 1444)
http://www.tajblues.com/
http://www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate
Read a profile of Toumani Diabate
Akil Sekebaev: Kyrgyz Wisdom Song (2.32)
Recorded in Tamga, Kyrgystan, 2000
album: The Silk Road - A Musical Caravan
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40438
http://www.folkways.si.edu/
Hukwe Zawose: Uzelange (4.22)
Recorded at WOMADelaide, Australia, 1995
album: Music & Rhyythm - WOMAD 1982-2007
WOMAD 25
http://www.womad.org/
Find out about the Zawose family
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate:
Catfish Blues (7.49)
Kaira (7.15)
Recorded for Andy Kershaw's Radio 1 programme, 11 September 1999
Taj Mahal (vocals/guitar); Toumani Diabate (kora); Kasse Mady Diabate (vocals); Djeneba Seck (backing vocals); Lassana Diabate (balafon); Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni); Ballake Sissoko (kora); 'Simbon' Coulibaly (bolon - bass harp)
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Virginia Rodrigues: Jeito Faceiro (3.56)
album: Nos
Hannibal Records HNCD 1448
Blind Willie Johnson: Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3.09)
album: The Soul of a Man
Complete Blues SBLUECD008
http://www.snappermusic.com/
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