Mar 2, 2009
We were fortunate to catch up with the kora playing
legend, Toumani
Diabate, during a tour with his symmetric orchestra on a stop at
the University of Rhode
Island as part of the 10th anniversairy of
the URI Pangea
Roots music series back in 2008.
He performs solo,
with the symmetric orchestra, and on special projects
like his most recent collaboration and tour with Bela
Fleck.
Toumani chats us up on his family
of kora players, the connection of his sounds seen
in American music, and blending with other types of musicians
like Bjorkwhile keeping his
original sound.
We highly recommend you experience Toumani
Diabate and check out his latest tour and
his CD releases!