Ali & Toumani
- Ali Farka Toure And Toumani Diabate
- Band Name: Ali Farka Toure And Toumani Diabate
- Record Label: World Circuit
- Release Date: Feb 23, 2010
- Summary: Recorded in 2005, this is the second album from Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate, who won a Grammy for their previous effort together. Ali Farka Toure passed away from cancer in 2006.
- Record Label: World Circuit
- Genre(s): World
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 12
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100This is a magnificent and poignant farewell.
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To put it simply, Ali and Toumani is a quiet, intimate, timeless record; a transcendent expression of cultural pride, deep friendship, and above all, breath-taking musical colloquy.
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90This album and its predecessor are worthy and awe-inspiring tributes to the man and the Malian musical traditions for which he and Diabaté were--and continue to be--the strongest and most compelling of standard-bearers.
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