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The album's success has been credited for launching
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Robert, Arnaud (24 April 2021). "Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Corps: Le griot malien publie un album de duos où Camille, Feu! Chatterton ou Oxmo
Puccino s'invitent dans des joutes inouïes" [Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Corps: The Malian griot publishes an album of duets, wherein Camille, Feu! Chatterton or
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recording of kora that would remain faithful to the premise of "ancient strings", while also showcasing how far kora-playing had progressed since the early 1970s. The original plan for the project was a recording of
Toumani playing kora duets with his father. However, Sidiki Diabaté died in 1996
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music for solo kora. By the mid-1990s, the trend in kora playing, and Malian music in general, moved toward electrification and amplification. Durán—who at that point had produced several more recordings by Diabaté, typically cross-genre fusion projects in collaboration with various other
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for the first time. As of 2011, the album had sold more than 60,000 copies—well above expectations for an album of acoustic music in the "world music" category, which more typically would have been expected to sell no more than about 5,000 copies.
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has continued to receive acclaim from listeners, critics and musicians. In the long run, its success helped to elevate the prestige of kora music on both an international stage and within Mali. Former Malian president
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has become a symbol of the country's musical heritage and the kora in particular. Several artists have cited the album among their personal favourites, notably the
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kora player has ventured so far out of the old tradition, and none has brought more back. The kora's tapestry of rhythms and melodies have never sounded richer." Francis Dordor at
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Kalthoum, from Gypsy to fado, Michael Church casts a critical eye over
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interpret or adapt aspects of traditional Malian compositions. The following descriptions of the album's source material are adapted from the original CD liner notes.
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for its remarkable interior silence, and was "all the more extraordinary when you take into account how very quiet these instruments are in reality."
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Nick Parker. After a period of location-scouting, they received permission to conduct a nighttime session inside the city's then recently completed
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not used by their fathers, and also incorporates stylistic flourishes influenced by non-Malian music, such as
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artists—came up with the idea of the "new ancient strings" project. She proposed a "back-to-basics"
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Levesque, Roger (17 July 1999). "Dip into African-origin discs for authentic roots reflections".
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magazine's list of its 50 must-have world-music albums, as reproduced opposite". London:
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recorder. The recording team then returned to London, where Parker
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List
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expectations for its genre, as it reached an audience through
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on behalf of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology: 245–253.
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king Bambuguchi Diarra in praise of his work to construct an
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s "New World" chart, peaking at number 12. On 11 July 2006,
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in May 1999, and it spent nine weeks on the American
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2296:| (Digital Download - Rhino / Ryko #) | Credits"
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2400:(310). London: IC Publications Ltd.: 66.
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3348:– Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko"
3006:. London: The Financial Times Ltd.
2834:Journal of African Cultural Studies
2682:Diakité, Oumar (12 February 2018).
2507:Broughton, Simon (24 August 2021).
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1561:"Kadiatou" is based on "Baninde" (
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818:" stations. The album topped the
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3023:Jenkins, Mark (15 August 1999).
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2509:"Kora Albums | The Essential 10"
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3283:Pajon, LĂ©o (9 April 2021).
3180:"How to buy: African music"
2653:Cowley, Julian (May 1999).
2452:"Ballaké Sissoko Biography"
820:European Broadcasting Union
810:received significant radio
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617:were applied to the audio.
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3226:(pbk ed.). New York:
2891:"Reviving Ancient Strings"
2826:music, Mali and the blues"
2660:– Hannibal HN1428 CD"
2616:Christgau, Robert (2000).
2450:Birchmeier, Jason (n.d.).
2427:with lesinrocks.com].
2282:
1627:, photography, liner notes
1472:Diabaté's compositions on
920:Christgau's Consumer Guide
719:
548:, the Palais des Congrès.
253:Nouvelles cordes anciennes
3628:1999 collaborative albums
2965:"World: Ballake Sissoko,
2889:Durán, Lucy (June 2014).
2364:World Music Charts Europe
1366:The Meeting of Two Rivers
1276:
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1260:All music is composed by
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3342:Phares, Heather (n.d.).
2587:"Salif Keita – Title...
1648:
1231:; according to Diabaté,
1019:, American musicologist
620:
3638:Hannibal Records albums
2884:– via soas.ac.uk.
2377:& Gift Music GmbH.
1841:Durán & Parker 1999
1826:Durán & Parker 1999
1644:Olivia Design – artwork
641:Western classical music
590:on the night of Mali's
565:architectural acoustics
3400:Renton, Jamie (n.d.).
2482:"Mali's magical music"
2202:Maal & Hudson 2005
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661:. Mark Jenkins of the
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2997:"'We are the memory'"
2757:Ethnomusicology Forum
1166:The British magazine
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532:For the recording of
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292:'s Independence Day.
3524:BandLab Technologies
3190:Guardian Media Group
3091:Great Neck, New York
3086:CMJ New Music Report
2816:Durán, Lucy (2013).
2766:Taylor & Francis
2632:St. Martin's Griffin
1153:Toumani & Sidiki
1103:Amadou Toumani Touré
864:Professional ratings
840:CMJ New Music Report
739:CMJ New Music Report
208:Kora Music from Mali
3593:New Ancient Strings
3547:New Ancient Strings
3510:"Ballaké Sissoko –
3346:New Ancient Strings
3216:New Ancient Strings
3030:The Washington Post
2967:New Ancient Strings
2716:New ancient strings
2658:New Ancient Strings
2620:New Ancient Strings
2558:(31 August 1999a).
2420:sur lesinrocks.com"
2294:New Ancient Strings
2093:, pp. 247–248.
1474:New Ancient Strings
1237:New Ancient Strings
1174:New Ancient Strings
1161:New Ancient Strings
1133:New Ancient Strings
1107:New Ancient Strings
1098:New Ancient Strings
1096:Since its release,
1086:New Ancient Strings
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848:Rhino Entertainment
808:New Ancient Strings
800:New Ancient Strings
779:on 22 June 1999 by
773:New Ancient Strings
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3600:(list of releases)
3322:The New York Times
3119:"Diabaté, Toumani"
2974:The Boston Phoenix
2963:(27 August 1999).
2724:Les Inrockuptibles
2599:Label... Hannibal"
2430:Les Inrockuptibles
2350:Anon. (May 1999).
1632:recording engineer
1503:from western Mali.
1206:The New York Times
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1016:The Boston Phoenix
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394:West African music
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3506:Williamson, Nigel
3290:The Africa Report
3237:978-0-7611-3963-8
3178:(24 April 2005).
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2556:Christgau, Robert
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