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		<title>Ali and Toumani &#8211; their finest collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just bought an album that has to go down as one of the most spectacular of the year, and it&#8217;s been carried off by two of my favourite artists: Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate. But you&#8217;re probably asking the question, how can Ali return from the grave to record an album? Well, this [...]


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		<title>Best of Bonga &#8211; Angola rocks the house</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review of Angola's Bonga Best of Album.


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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Tolerant Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest review of Afel Bocoum's album, Tabital Pulaaku, a great album shining strong in the African Blues tradition.


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		<title>Asa Started a Fire on the Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Tolerant Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in Paris but with Lagos, Nigeria, called home since the age of two, comes Asa (pronounced Asha), an artist with an album so refined, you&#8217;d think it was her greatest hits, but it&#8217;s not, it&#8217;s in fact her first! She’s been given a huge amount of profile on the World music circuit, but that [...]


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		<title>Introducing the Kora&#8217;s top 5 albums</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Tolerant Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following our earlier post on the Kora,  let&#8217;s now open ourselves up to its fabulous World. [If you're on the posts page, you can start YouTube video on the right for some Kora background music.]
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		<title>Kora &#8211; just sit back and be amazed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Tolerant Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read all about the most amazing of West Africa's traditional instrument, the fabulous Kora.


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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re reading this post asking yourself who&#8217;s Baaba Maal, this is going to be one of your best days in a long time, because we&#8217;re about to open your world to an artist that has been dazzling audiences in Senegal for more than 20 years. His latest release, &#8216;Television&#8216;, is his 11th album in [...]


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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Tolerant Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tinariwen&#8217;s latest album, Imidiwan, follows on the success of groups 2007 release &#8220;Aman Iman: Water is Life&#8221;. I&#8217;ve been following the groups success right from their beginnings. The story behind the music is one of bloodshed, rebellion and suffering, for an excellent write-up see Andy Morgan&#8217;s biography on their website.
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