On the heels of the critically acclaimed Timbuktoubab CD and DVD, Firenze Records will release Markus James’ Calabash Blues, October, 2005: This compilation CD features 7 new songs alongside 6 tracks from the Nightbird and Timbuktoubab albums: all original Blues-based songs, including tributes to Blues legends Skip James and Howlin Wolf, with each song featuring the traditional sound and rhythms of the calabash, played by Malian master musicians at the source of the ancient roots of Blues music. (Distributed in the U.S. by Burnside)