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Songhai 2
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Album Details: Songhai 2

Release Date:01/01/1994
Label:Hannibal
UPC:031257138321

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  • All Music Guide

    This follow up to Songhai, 1988's classic world beat album, fuses West African and Spanish Flamenco, featuring some of the most celebrated performers of the world music genre. Recorded once again in Madrid, this new collection features a more balanced partnership, intertwining a weave of African and Flamenco elements that is evident in both instrumentation and material. Guest musicians like Malian kora master Toumani Diabete, British bassist Danny Thompson, and Spain's Juan and Jose Miguel Carmona on guitar, help celebrate the common demoninator between these two cultures: a shared heritage as cultural outsider that transcends all barriers.

    - MusD, All Music Guide

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Songhai

One of the most interesting multicultural fusions of the 1980s was created by Mali-born kora (21-stringed lute) player Toumani Diabate, British bass player Danny Thompson, and members of Spanish flamenco group Katemah. Initially intending to record a one-time album in 1988, the group reformed to record a second album, Songhai 2, six years later. At the time of the first... Read more