Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra March 28, 2007

Toumani Diabaté is the uncontested master of the kora (West African harp-lute). 2006 saw Toumani and his band the Symmetric Orchestra burst onto the international scene with their critically acclaimed debut album and first ever European tours. Spring 2007 sees them make their debut tour of the United States, giving new audiences the first opportunity to catch this phenomenal group live.

Hot on the heels of the GRAMMY winning ‘In the Heart of the Moon’ with Ali Farka Touré was ‘Boulevard de l'Indépendance’, Toumani Diabaté’s most extraordinary album to date. A super-charged, traditional-meets-modern dance-band album, it unites the two sides of this remarkable musical personality – the virtuosic traditionalist and the restless innovator– in one seething pot of rhythm.

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