Post by Michael Messer on Jul 20, 2024 9:20:04 GMT
This morning I was greeted with the very sad news that Toumani Diabaté died yesterday after a short illness, he was only 58 years old.
Toumani Diabaté was truly one of the great musicians of ours and any other time. A master of the kora whose career included collaborations with Taj Mahal, Bela Fleck, Ali Farka Touré, London Symphony Orchestra and many others. He wanted to make the kora more well known and he achieved his ambition. An amazing musician and by all accounts a wonderful person too. My first encounter with the kora was in the early 1980s when Kausu Kouyati and Dembo Konte stormed the folk scene with their beautiful kora duets. Many years later when I heard Toumani Diabaté, which I think was courtesy of Andy Kershaw, I was like all of us, completely mesmerised by his music.
Toumani Diabaté >RIP
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Shine On
Michael
