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Eric Bibb & Habib Koite – Brothers in Bamako

Friday, November 09, 2012 By Bill Wilcox

Bluesman Eric Bibb is the latest in a succession of American musicians to get his passport stamped in Mali since Ry Cooder and the late Ali Farka Toure won the Grammy for Best World Music Recording in 1994.  Bibb’s fine collaboration with Malian Habib Koite, Brothers in Bamako, stands up well next to Cooder and Toure’s Talking Timbuktu; […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Afel Bocoum, Ali Farka Toure, Ballake Sissoko, Bela Fleck, Boubacar Traore, Corey Harris, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Eric Bibb, Habib Koite, Idrissa Soumaoro, John Scofield, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mali, Oumou Sangare, Paul Simon, Ry Cooder, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure

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