Toumani Diabate With Ballake Sissoko - New Ancient Strings (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)
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Released: 15/03/24
One of the most sublime records you will ever hear, New Ancient Strings, by world renowned Malian kora players Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko, was originally released by Joe Boyd's (Nick Drake, Richard Thompson, Pink Floyd) Hannibal Records in 1999. Inspired by the landmark 1970 album Ancient Strings, recorded by their fathers, Sidiki Diabate and Djelimadi Sissoko, Diabate and Sissoko took to making their own updated version. While many of the songs come from the original album, the new iterations are absolutely modern Mali, and played with such phenomenal virtuosity that this beautiful homage has long been recognised as a modern classic.
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