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Tunga

Mamadou Diabate | Format: Audio CD

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1. Dagna 4:58 $0.99

2. Dounuya 5:02 $0.99

3. Tunga 6:31 $0.99

4. Larsidan 4:34 $0.99

5. Soutoukou 3:37 $0.99

6. Mamadou Diawara 5:26 $0.99

7. Djanjo 4:46 $0.99

8. Djelimory 4:56 $0.99

9. Mande 5:21 $0.99

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Product Details

Audio CD (February 15, 2000)
Original Release Date: February 15, 2000
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Alula
ASIN: B00004D3BY
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #32 in Music > World Music > Africa > Senegal & Gambia
- #50 in Music > World Music > Africa > Mali
- #59 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Africa

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible musicianship fuels TUNGA, May 15, 2000

zachariah combs (new haven, ct) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tunga (Audio CD)

This cd is superb. Mamadou plays his instrument, the kora a 21-stringed harp, with tremendous dexterity and feeling. If you like kora music you will love this recording, and if you haven't yet heard the kora...TUNGA is a great place to start!

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5.0 out of 5 stars New Doors Opened!, February 8, 2004

Adriaan (Shelburne Falls, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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Last night I experienced the music of Mamadou Diabate. The music and sounds that eminated from his Kora had me seated in awe as I listened and watched wholeheartedly to this wonderful musician. I would recommend this CD to anyone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars As good as it gets, December 4, 2005

Megan Romer (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews

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Diabate is the master of the kora, essentially a 21-stringed harp made out of a giant gourd or pumpkin. To see him live and watch his fingers barely move across the strings is to see genius at work. He's a hulk of a man, standing at around 6'7", and his hands are huge, but the delicate way he plucks the strings brings to mind the classic Gentle Giant. This is beautiful music, sometimes soft and gentle, sometimes blazing and incendiary, always wonderful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kora Magic!
Kora music is a genre which i really enjoy and who better to listen than the J.J.Cale of Mali (If Farka Toure can be the Muddy Waters of Mali) Toumani Diabate'. Read more

Published on May 7, 2008 by Shyam

5.0 out of 5 stars National Folk Festival in Bangor ME
I saw Mamadou and his band twice at the National Folk Festival in Bangor, Me. I was overwhelmed by the power of the music. Read more

Published on August 7, 2004 by M. Curtis

5.0 out of 5 stars Breath-Taking
I am humbled and honored to have had the opportunity to see Mamadou Diabate and his group in concert, which of course prompted me to buy TUNGA. Read more

Published on March 27, 2001 by Grace J Hall

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotic
I heard parts of this album on NPR today. It really blew me away with its strangeness and power. I ordered it immediately.

Published on May 8, 2000

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