In The Heart Of The Moon (Vinyl LP) Soundtracks & Library

In The Heart Of The Moon (Vinyl LP) Soundtracks & LibraryIn the Heart of the Moon is a duet recording by Malian guitar slinger Ali Farka Toure and Mand lineage griot Toumani Diabate on kora. There are a few other players who contribute percussion here and there, and Ry Cooder plays a Kawai piano on a couple of tracks and a Ripley guitar on one, but other than these cats, this is a live duo set without edits or enhancements of any kind. There were three sessions in the conference room of the Mande Hotel in

As the song takes on a righteously funky groove

with one track led by each man and each taking a full side of a vinyl album

feathers are suddenly ruffled by the entrance of "It's You" - a sultry story of burning desire

Ostinato Records became the first label granted access to the grand Archives of Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti (RTD)

Kraftwerk plug into possibly one of their finest moments

which anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple

We find a similar juxtaposition in 'Asante Kotoko'

and beyond

" and indelible readings of classic tunes by Bob Dylan

the soundtrack serves as the perfect introduction to the band and companion piece to the film and features such favourites as "Sunday Morning

The North Wind Blew South sounds like it could have been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years

Tunji Oyelana (who adds vocals on this LP)