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Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder1994

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Artist: Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
Released: 28 March 1994
Label: World Circuit
Catalogue number: WCD040
Format: CD
Country: UK
Tracks: 10, 1:00:04

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Touré with Ry Cooder, the Grammy winner most Western listeners met him through, and the case he spent years arguing: that the blues began in the Sahel.

This 1994 collaboration with American guitarist Ry Cooder won a Grammy and became the record Western listeners reached for to explain Touré's sound, drawing a straight line back to the Mississippi Delta.

The rest is in Mali Desert Blues, a members' issue.

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Track list

1Bonde5:28
2Soukora6:05
3Gomni7:01
4Sega3:10
5Amandrai9:22
6Lasidan6:06
7Keito5:43
8Banga2:33
9Ai Du7:10
10Diaraby7:25

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