Award-winning kora player Toumani Diabaté returns to the Barbican with material from his new album, Toumani & Sidiki (out on 5 May for World Circuit).
Toumani & Sidiki is a dazzling dialogue – between father and son; past and future; power and restraint – conducted through the kora, the 21-string West African harp which the Diabaté dynasty has transformed into the most iconic of African instruments.
Descended from a long line of griots – custodians of the ancient oral traditions of West Africa's Mandé people – Toumani and Sidiki are two generations of kora players in a family lineage which stretches back hundreds of years.
‘Mamadou Kanda Keita’ is extracted of the “very special” collaborative album Korolen by Malian kora master Toumani Diabate and renowned London-based symphony orchestra LSO. “Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian…
Artists: London Symphony Orchestra , Toumani Diabaté
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Artists: Ana Tijoux , Anoushka Shankar , George Clinton , Parliament Funkadelic , Sidestepper , Toumani Diabaté
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