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Calabash Blues 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) |
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"A vital mix of the Mississippi Delta and Mali, a cultural
exchange of haunting beauty and mystery." |
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"...haunting music that conjures the very soul of the Sahara... evokes
the spirit of the blues." |
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"Don't
miss the Skip James tribute 'Dream After Dream,' a sublime evocation of
a landscape stretching from the muddy Delta to sun-baked Sahara sand" |
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"Working
with desert-dwelling musicians, including famed sidemen of Ali Farka Toure,
James has created an ever-deepening consort of African and American traditions.
This set of 13 songs draws from all periods of James’s odyssey, with
an emphasis on the roots/blues side of the equation. "Come Around"
fuses a moody Songhai vamp with shades of Howlin’ Wolf’s "Smokestack
Lightning." "Mone/Jump and Fly" lifts to a racing shuffle,
buoyed by chanting vocals and clear-toned slide guitar. "Dream After
Dream" offers a serene, desert take on Skip James. As the grooves
of calabash percussion merge with vibey guitars and the haunting strains
of the njarka fiddle, far-flung traditions find easy common ground." |
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