I don't know much about the all-girl Icelandic brass band that Ms. Gudmundsdottir has lined up for "her forthcoming album":http://bjork.com/news/?id=608;year=2007#news, but I do know that these are two formidable string players she's recruited.(1) Toumani Diabaté on kora. I gained access to this music when loverman and I put our record collections together. This old album, Kaira, is a good exam..
Malian master musician Toumani Diabate will presents his masterpiece for solo kora, "The Mande Variations" at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in NYU on November 2, 2008. The highly acclaimed World Circuit/Nonesuch CD, The Mande Variations f eatures innovative interpretations of traditional music and groundbreaking improvisations, the album has been hailed as an important and...
