Arnaldo Antunes & Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté - A Curva Da Cintura (Mali - Brasil) album flac

Diabaté comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. His family's oral tradition tells of 70 generations of musicians preceding him in a patrilineal line. His cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family. His younger brother Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a prominent kora player. In 1987, Diabate made his first appearance on an album in the UK, on Ba Togoma, an album featuring his father's ensemble. 2011 - A Curva da Cintura (with Arnaldo Antunes and Edgard Scandurra) - Brazil. 2014 - Toumani & Sidiki (with Sidiki Diabaté J. 2017 - Lamomali (with M and Sidiki Diabaté).

Complete your Arnaldo Antunes & Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté collection. Arnaldo and Edgard arrived in Mali in April 2011 with a collection of songs they had written together. With the Malian musicians they combined rock 'n' roll, African roots and blues to create an uplifting Afro-Brazilian fusion that celebrates the spirit of collaboration and connects Mali and Brazil in a way that blurs. Toumani’s sublime kora playing is the perfect contrast to Arnaldo’s sombre almost mechanical voice and adds a poignancy to ballads such as ‘Grao de chaos’, ‘Psiu’ and Toumani’s composition ‘Kaira’.

Afrika Studio, Bamako, Mali. Studio Navegantes, São Paulo, Brazil. Toca Do Tatu, São Paulo, Brazil. Arnaldo Antunes, Toumani Diabaté, Edgard Scandurra.

Singer/poet Arnaldo Antunes is best known outside Brazil for his role in another three-way collaboration – the hugely successful Tribalistas album he made with compatriots Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown in 2002. In that instance, his droning but engaging voice was restricted to backing vocals. So it’s interesting to hear him actually sing here. Of course, the world’s most famous kora player, Toumani Diabaté, scarcely needs introducing. Find out more about our use of this data, and also our policy on profanity.

Now comes another fusion experiment in which he is joined by the er Arnaldo Antunes, and rock guitarist Edgard Scandurra. The result is an intriguing if uneven set in which Antunes' sturdy, quietly intense vocals and straightforward melodies are set against far more complex backing provided by intertwining kora and guitar. There are pleasantly laid-back songs dressed up with delicate accompaniment, along.

Mais Um Discos Brazil. Arnaldo Antunes/Edgard Scandurra/Toumani Diabate. A Curva Da Cintura: Mali Brasil. Mais Um Discos Brazil. Format: CD Cat: MAIS 08CD Released: 22 Jun 12 Genre: Broken Beat/Nu Jazz.

Mali-Brasil" says the album's subtitle. It's him and two Brazilians, Antunes, the singer-songwriter, and Scandurra, the rock guitarist. The Brazilian voices grind dry and rumble, not always melodious, but the kora is melodious with whatever it does, and this combination is not quite like anything Diabaté has done before - the grubby nuzzling of Antunes and the honey trickle of the harp.