{"product_id":"595447","title":"Toure, Samba - Albala [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you meet Samba Tour\\xe9 in person, he comes off as a soft-spoken man, a man who easily charms you with his abundant smile and optimistic gait. But on his third album, Albala, which in the Songhai language means 'danger' or 'risk', a weighted and at times defiant side of his personality emerges. To call Albala his darkest album is an understatement, but it is not a self-absorbed darkness. The cause of Tour\\xe9's worry is the crashing world around him, and more specifically the troubles echoing out from his beloved northern Mali homeland.\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe last year has brought cataclysmic change and upheaval to northern Mali. The tragic details of this have been globally reported, so there is little point in sensationalizing them here. But the cumulative effect of these events on Samba's music seems palpable. There is an added gravity to his voice and his words, an additional sting to his electric guitar; there are sharper edges and more complex undertones in his musical arrangements.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eOn 'Fondora (Leave Our Road)' Samba sings with indignation: I say, leave our road\/ All killers leave our road\/ Thieves leave our road Looters, leave our road\/ Rapists, leave our road\/ Betrayers, leave our road'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAnd on the haunting 'Ago Djamba (Life Betrays Us)' Tour\\xe9 warns: We do not all have the same opportunities\/ Here, nobody is born rich but we all have the same value\/ Life betrays us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAs a band member, and valued collaborator of the late Malian legend Ali Farka Tour\\xe9, Samba established a significant reputation, and through his first two solo albums Songhai Blues and Crocodile Blues (World Music Network) his confidence and musical prowess grew proportionately.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eBut Albala is a new flash point. There is more power, there is more grit, the mood is deeper, and aptly, given the album's title, Tour\\xe9 takes more musical risks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Studio Mali in Bamako, in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by his regular band members Djim\\xe9 Sissoko (n'goni ) and Madou Sanogo (congas, djembe) and guests such as the legendary, master of the soku (a one-stringed violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists) contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eWith an album as soulful and captivating as Albala, that might not be an over-statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe Ki Don\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFondora\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAy\\xc3\\xa9 Go Mila\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwn B\\xc3\\xa8 Ye Kelenye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAye Sira Bila\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbala\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgo Djamba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAl Barka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdj\\xc3\\xa9 Lalo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBana\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56059753234817,"sku":"595447","price":29.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/514x50km_uL._SL1500.jpg?v=1786134158","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/595447","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}