Quote from amazon (avg. 5 star rating
"An amazing acoustic CD. This is the best
album/cd to come since Talking Timbuktu with Ry
Cooder and Ali Farka Toure. While it is a
re-release it should be considered for album of
the year or re-release of the year if you may.
Tracks 1 and 3 are simplistic in thier beauty and
beautiful in thier simplicity. This album/cd will
quickly be rediscovered and be considered a
classic. I hope they plan on printing
enough...Martin Sinnock of The Beat Magazine and
The Afro Beat on Totallyradio considers the album
one of the best accoustic albums of all time..."
Excerpt from CD Cover
"When it comes to African Guitar music, Guinea
holds a very special place. And when it comes to
Guinean guitar music, it doesn't get better than
the African Virtuoses. Their story goes to the
very heart of the emergence of the guitar as a
bona fide African instument in the early era of
independence in the 1960's and 1970's, and is
inextricably linked with one of the most
illustrious guitar playing famlies in Africa, the
four Diabate brother heard here. These wonderful,
rare recordings of various formations of the
African Virtuoses, made in Conakry and Abidjan
between 1970 and 1983, showcase acoustic African
guitar playing at its most intimate and
virtuosic."
Comments from Sterns:
One moment you think it's Spanish, the next you
are convinced it is from Peru, until, hearing
echoes of Django Reinhardt, you decide on Paris.
But each time you are wrong! The group of acoustic
guitars featured on this album is 100% African,
with roots firmly embedded in Guinean folklore.
These tracks reveal acoustic African guitar
playing at its most intimate and beguiling.
Classis instrumental recordings that showcase the
gorgeous acoustic guitars of the legendary Guinean
group: African Virtuoses. Beautifully re-mastered
editions of hard-to-obtain tracks, long-prized by
collectors. Historic music - yet one that is as
valid and relevant today as when first recorded in
the 70s and early 80s"
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