Hvem er du som kommer imod mig
Niels Skousen
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Reviews (2)
Louder than war
d. 12. May 2017
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Paul Scott Bates
d. 12. May 2017
"Recorded as part of the Woodstock Sessions, the unique opportunity for fans to be seated in front of the artist as they both play live and studio record, Samba is a refreshing mix of blues, funk, reggae and rock as Toure knows only too well. An audience of around fifty people are briefed that they are to witness the recording of a studio album with a truly live feel. It's an interesting concept and one that, on the evidence of this album alone, works incredibly well".
fRoots
2017 June
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Vic Smith
2017 June
"Ten new songs (...) performed in a wide range of settings, from a full electric band with drumkut and Vieux's electric guitar screaming in the way that, on his early recordings, earned him the rather tiresome "Hendrix of the Sahara" tag, through to others where the acoustic guitar is played against the tippy-tappy sound of fingers on a hloowed calabash. Perhaps the most interesting track is where both elements show, as on "Maya" where the singing is set against delicious fills on the n'goni by Maffa Diabaté and then the scoustic sounds segue into an electronic keyboards solo. Vieux Farka Touré continues to develop as a fine musician who is proving to be his own man and has found an interesting way of presenting his own music".