9 March 2008
Toumani Diabate
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Twenty years ago, Toumani Diabate made the kora’s very first entirely solo, instrumental album. Now the world’s most celebrated virtuoso of his West African harp-lute, Toumani has since made many, varied ensemble projects. On Mandé Variations he is alone again, seeking to show the world that ‘African music is not only dance music.’ The results are sublime, refined and exciting - a simultaneous embrace of ancient traditions {Toumani’s family have been griots - hereditary musicians/story-tellers/oral historians - for more than seven centuries} and innovation/ improvisation. Most pieces honour a particular, significant African individual.
Toumani Diabate’s own site:
www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate
There’s a good article about his new album here:
www.ft.com/cms/s/67d38b32-d053-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html
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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs
’ THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SUN 9.3.08.
2205
CD CUT 2, ’JARABI’
COMP TRAD/ TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC (BMI)
HANNIBAL HNCD 1338 (THROUGH FESTIVAL)
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’KAIRA’
0: 35 ( excerpt )
(kora, quite solo: this is a version of the piece { and same kora player} as heard on our regular theme)
2207
CD CUT 1, ’SI NAANI’
TOUMANI DIABATE (DEVELOPED FROM A PEUL TRADITONAL SONG)
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
10: 22
( absolutely solo kora {West African harp-lute}. This is an elaboration upon a traditional song of the Peul people. Here, it has a grand, solemnly-celebratory quality - recognisably African, but as ’courtly’ anything from a European court. The CD is his first entirely-solo kora album in 20 years. His first was the first such in the instrument’s history.
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE KORA AND MANDING MUSIC?
Here’s a good place to start: www.coraconnection.com )
SEGUE
2217
CD CUT 1, ’QUEEN BEE’
TAJ MAHAL
PRANKEE MUSIC (ASCAP)/ ONE FOOT MUSIC (ASCAP)
HANNIBAL HNCD 1444
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp
Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
TAJ MAHAL, TOUMANI DIABATE - ’KULANJAN’
5: 02
(Taj’s cheerfully husky male African-American voice and Ramatou Diakite’s beautifully limber young female Wassoulo (southern Mali} voice. She’s as much a key to this being gorgeous as are the two ’stars’ : Taj Mahal’s warm black American voice and finger-picked resophonic ac guitar and Toumani Diabate’s kora {harp-lute}
YOU MISSED RADIO NATIONAL’S ’THE MUSIC SHOW’ LAST NIGHT?
AND/OR THIS AFTERNOON’S ’MUSIC DELI’?
Both were WOMADelaide specials.
In each case the audio lives on { as is true of this show } for four weeks after radio broadcast. You can demand the audio from the program website.
’The Music Show’ with Andrew Ford - Saturdays 10am-noon,
Repeat broadcast Sat night 8pm-10pm
NOTE: on Saturday March 8th, the WOMADelaide night-time broadcast was NEW - not a repeat.
Website (includes audio): www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow
There is also a pod-cast of some of the special WOMAD edition .
’ Music Deli’ with Paul Petran airs each Friday from 8.05 pm to 9.00pm.
It’ s { usually - March 7 and 9 are an exception } repeated on Sunday afternoons after the 4.00 pm news
Website { includes audio }: www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli
TOUMANI DIABATE’S ONE OTHER AUSTRALIAN GIG ALERT (Sydney)
Sydney Opera House, Wednesday March 12th
Details here: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/ToumaniDiabate.aspx )
2226
CD CUT 1, ’YOOLELLE MAMAN (TRIBUTE TO PARENTS)’
BAABA MAAL
BLUE MOUNTAIN MUSIC
PALM CD 2067-2
(Am unsure of current availability/distribution)
BAABA MAAL - ’MISSING YOU (MI YEENII)’
4: 17
(High African mostly-male voices led by Maal’s own - assuredly one of the loveliest on earth - w ac guitars, African harp-lute {kora}, lute {ngoni/hoddu}, nightnoise, villagers, roosters and children. Recorded in Maal’s home-village in Senegal. Lyrical praise-song for parents. Its kora player - Kaouding Cissokho - was just 38 when he died in 2003. He’s the dedicatee of the next cut in this show.)
SEGUE
2230
CD CUT 4, ’KAOUDING CISSOKHO’ ( VARIATIONS ON ’ALA L’A KE’ )
TOUMANI DIABATE (DEVELOPED FROM A TRADITONAL MANDÉ SONG)
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
6: 40
( solo kora: variations on one of the instrument’s staple numbers - here, re-named as a tribute to the late, Senegalese kora player Kaouding Cissokho, who died of tuberculosis in 2003, aged 38.
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KAOUDING CISSOKHO ( 1964 - 2003 ) ?
You can read an obituary, here:
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article852675.ece )
2239
CD CUT 3, ’INNER STATES’
ANNE NORMAN
PUB NOT SPEC. PRESUMABLY APRA/CONTROL
VOX AUSTRALIS VAST022-2
(Through The Australian Music Centre.
www.amcoz.com.au
tel: 02 9247 4677 )
SATSUKI ODAMURA - ’BURNING HOUSE’
11: 30
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: solo koto {Japanese plucked zither} - impressionistic - in places, quite beautiful - but with an edginess )
SEGUE
2251
CD CUT 4, ’SEQUENZA 4’
NICK TSIAVOS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
ANAN 004
(available worldwide via www.indie-cds.com
NIck’s site: www.nicktsiavos.net )
NICK TSIAVOS - ’RUN RABBIT RUN’
7: 10 ( excerpt )
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Double-bass, absolutely solo and absolutely improvised - mostly arco. Has a deal of drama and turbulence. A double-bassist who really can bow, in a hallway of the Abbotsford Convent , in Melbourne.
LIKE TO SEE THE CONVENT WHERE NICK MADE THIS MUSIC?
Go to:
www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au/abbotsfordconvent )
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11PM NEWS
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2305
CD CUT 10, ’FREEHAND V’
TIM STEVENS
COPYRIGHT CONTROL
RUFUS RF058
(in Australia through Universal
Rufus website: www.rufusrecords.com.au )
TIM STEVENS - ’FREEHAND’
3: 46
(AUSTRAL COMP & PERF: solo piano- very lyrical, spare , contemplative.. and freely improvised)
2310
CD CUT 5,’ALI FARKA TOURE’
TOUMANI DIABATE
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
5: 41
( Toumani briefly speaks, then improvises a solo kora tribute to his late friend and mutual admirer, Ali Farka Touré )
SEGUE
2316
CD CUT 1, ’DEBE’
TRAD, ARR ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE
WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD072
( in Australia, through MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
ALI FARKA TOURE AND TOUMANI DIABATE - ’IN THE HEART OF THE MOON’
4: 53
(Slow-rolling, grand. Essentially, an instrumental version of ’Tutu Jara’
- a courtly Manding song that’s three hundred or more years old. Ali’s is
the warmly formal speaking voice, praising Toumani)
YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ALI FARKA TOURE{1939-2006} ?
The ’Guardian’ obit is here: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1725805,00.html )
2323
CD CUT 3, ’ISMAEL DRAME’
TOUMANI DIABATE
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
6: 13
( Solo kora. This refers to two traditional songs - ’Alla l’a ke’ and ’Miniyamba’- but is very improvisatory. Toumani names this ’Ismael Drame’ after a man who was his spiritual guide )
SEGUE
2329
CD CUT 2, ’MANGO’
BRUCE COCKBURN
GOLDEN MOUNTAIN MUSIC CORP.
RYKODISC RCD 10407
( in Australia, through Stomp.
Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
BRUCE COCKBURN - ’BREAKFAST IN NEW ORLEANS, DINNER IN TIMBUKTU’
4: 58
(Quasi-erotic ’hymn to female sexuality’. Canadian male singer/songwriter, with his own deft ac guitar, plus others’ ac bass, drums, perc. and Daniel Janke’s kora )
2334
CD CUT 2, ’ELYNE ROAD’
TOUMANI DIABATE
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
8: 47
( Solo kora. Has a melancholy/haunting quality. It is based on the reggae ballad ’Kingston Town’ )
2345
CD (DISC 2) CUT 2, ’KUNTO KO’ (RENOUNCEMENT)
NAHAWA DOUMBIA, ARR KEYVAN CHEMIRANI
NO PUBLISHER SPECIFIED
ACCORDS CROISÉS AC 112 13
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.accords-croises.com )
KEYVAN CHEMIRANI - ’LE RHYTHM DE LA PAROLE II’
5: 53
( parable-song about peace-making & loss of face. Primarily delivered by the rich, husky female African voice of its author from Mali. Also prominent is the ancestrally-Persian leader’s udu (claypot hand-drum) and the Carnatic {South Indian} violin of Embar Kanna. With backing vocals, various species of hand-drum, plus jawharp, Ballake Sissoko’s kora )
2351
CD CUT 8,’CANTELOWES’
TOUMANI DIABATE (BASED ON THE TRADITIONAL ’JARABI’)
(presumably - we do not yet have a finished copy) WORLD CIRCUIT MUSIC
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD079
( in Australia, through Destra/ MRA: www.mraentertainment.com
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
TOUMANI DIABATE - ’THE MANDÉ VARIATIONS’
6: 56
(solo kora, which begins with a ’spaghetti western’ quote - of the theme from ’The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly’ - long, a fave film of Toumani’s. Essentially this is an improvisation on ’jarabi’(aka ’diaraby’) - the traditional Mandé piece on which is built this show’s theme - @ 2205 each night. The name refers to London street where Toumani was a guest in Lucy Duran’s house in the 1980s.
YOU MISSED RADIO NATIONAL’S ’THE MUSIC SHOW’ LAST NIGHT?
AND/OR THIS AFTERNOON’S ’MUSIC DELI’?
Both were WOMADelaide specials.
In each case the audio lives on { as is true of this show } for four weeks after radio broadcast. You can demand the audio from the program website.
’The Music Show’ with Andrew Ford - Saturdays 10am-noon,
Repeat broadcast Sat night 8pm-10pm
NOTE: on Saturday March 8th, the WOMADelaide night-time broadcast was NEW - not a repeat.
Website (includes audio): www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow
There is also a pod-cast of some of the special WOMAD edition .
’ Music Deli’ with Paul Petran airs each Friday from 8.05 pm to 9.00pm.
It’ s { usually - March 7 and 9 are an exception } repeated on Sunday afternoons after the 4.00 pm news
Website { includes audio }: www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli
TOUMANI DIABATE’S ONE OTHER AUSTRALIAN GIG ALERT (Sydney)
Sydney Opera House, Wednesday March 12th
Details here: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/ToumaniDiabate.aspx )
2358
CD CUT 9, ’CRAFT AND ART’
TIM STEVENS
COPYRIGHT CONTROL
RUFUS RF058
( in Australia through Universal
Rufus website: www.rufusrecords.com.au )
TIM STEVENS - ’FREEHAND’
0: 25 (excerpt)
(AUSTRAL COMP & PERF: solo piano- mobile, lyrical )
Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer
