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DiabateToumani Diabate is currently playing the Southern Hemispheric runnings of the 2008 WOMAD festivals, which began last weekend with WOMADelaide in Adelaide, Australia, and moves to the coastal city of New Plymouth, New Zealand, this weekend.

The Australian's Michael Rofe reports from Adelaide:

Much attention was directed towards Mali's Toumani Diabate, who has cemented his place in the pantheon of great musicians. He created luscious cascading loops, plucked on his sleek kora, the 21-stringed African harp.

Toumani performed Sunday night with his Symmetric Orchestra, with "a well-timed powerhouse display of the majesty of West African Manding music," writes Rofe. But for the reviewer, "the musical highlight" was a kora duet the next day between Toumani and his cousin Mamadou of "Elyne Road" off Toumani's latest Nonesuch release, The Mande Variations. It was a performance Rofe calls "a sweet moment of musical intimacy."

To read The Australian's complete coverage from WOMADelaide, visit theaustralian.news.com.au.

Diabate_mande_lg_2 Click here to add The Mande Variations CD plus the free album MP3s to your Shopping Cart now for only $15.98. Visit the Nonesuch Store for more options.

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  • Sunday, March 9, 2008
    The Australian: Toumani Diabate the "Musical Highlight" of WOMAD Festival

    DiabateToumani Diabate is currently playing the Southern Hemispheric runnings of the 2008 WOMAD festivals, which began last weekend with WOMADelaide in Adelaide, Australia, and moves to the coastal city of New Plymouth, New Zealand, this weekend.

    The Australian's Michael Rofe reports from Adelaide:

    Much attention was directed towards Mali's Toumani Diabate, who has cemented his place in the pantheon of great musicians. He created luscious cascading loops, plucked on his sleek kora, the 21-stringed African harp.

    Toumani performed Sunday night with his Symmetric Orchestra, with "a well-timed powerhouse display of the majesty of West African Manding music," writes Rofe. But for the reviewer, "the musical highlight" was a kora duet the next day between Toumani and his cousin Mamadou of "Elyne Road" off Toumani's latest Nonesuch release, The Mande Variations. It was a performance Rofe calls "a sweet moment of musical intimacy."

    To read The Australian's complete coverage from WOMADelaide, visit theaustralian.news.com.au.

    Diabate_mande_lg_2 Click here to add The Mande Variations CD plus the free album MP3s to your Shopping Cart now for only $15.98. Visit the Nonesuch Store for more options.

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