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Kulanjan

Label: Hannibal Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Queen Bee 2.Tunkaranke 3.Ol' Georgie Buck 4.Kulanjan 5.Fanta 6.Guede Man Na 7.Catfish Blues 8.K'an Ben 9.Take This Hammer 10. Atlanta Kaira 11. Mississippi-Mali Blues 12. SaharaPersonnelTaj Mahal - vocals, guitar, piano (5); Toumani Diabate - kora; Kassemady Diabate - vocals (2,4, 5,6,8,10, 12), guitar (8); Ramatou Diakite - vocals (1,6,, 9, 10, 12); Bassekou Kouyate - ngoni, bass ngoni; Dougouye Koulibaly - kamalengoni, bolon (6,12); Lasana Diabate - balafon; Ballake Sissoko - kora (3,6,7,9,10)

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Article: Album Review

Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate: Kulanjan

by Ronan Abayawickrema
June 1, 2000

Like the 1997 release Sacred Island, Kulanjan sees Taj Mahal blending the blues with ethnic folk music. While the earlier album explored the music of Hawaii, however, here Taj and the Malian kora player Toumani Diabate seek to reveal the connections between the blues and the music of Western Mali. And these connections are apparent from ...