Timbuktoubab
World
| Feb 2005
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2005-03-03
Reviewed 2005-03-03
SF-based singer/songwriter/guitarist James returns to Mali and teams up with some star performers. (Sankare on calbash/vox, Sare: violin/vox, Sidibe: n’goni (harp) & vox). Lyrics in Songhai, Bambara & English. Based in the blues but with a decidedly African flavor. I liked it all, and especially these:
1. Dark & low key blend of vocals & sounds. Cool.
2. Driving blues-based w/some great guitar.
3. Slow, spare w/a quiet sense of power.
6. Cool, lowdown blend of perc/voices/guitars.
8. Slide guitars, deep voices, a dark, lowdown sound.
13. Great world blues sound. Slow, serious.
15. Percussion/vocals in a “blues around the fire” kind of sound.
16. Birds lead into a nice jam for vox/perc/strings.
1. Dark & low key blend of vocals & sounds. Cool.
2. Driving blues-based w/some great guitar.
3. Slow, spare w/a quiet sense of power.
6. Cool, lowdown blend of perc/voices/guitars.
8. Slide guitars, deep voices, a dark, lowdown sound.
13. Great world blues sound. Slow, serious.
15. Percussion/vocals in a “blues around the fire” kind of sound.
16. Birds lead into a nice jam for vox/perc/strings.
Recent airplay
Takamba Blues
Ad Hoc Variety Show — Aug 30, 2018
16 Camels/Yer Man Ya Li
New World Blues — Dec 24, 2005
Wakin Up at Midnight/Ebina, 16 Camels/Yer Man Ya Li
No Cover, No Minimum — Sep 30, 2005
Mone/Jump Up and Fly
At the Cafe Bohemian — May 03, 2005
Gobissa/Things We'll Never
No Cover, No Minimum - Part I — Apr 22, 2005
16 Camels/Yer Man Ya Li
Sonar — Apr 11, 2005
Charting
2005-03-06 — 2005-05-08
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 8 | 1 |
| Apr 24 | 1 |
| Apr 17 | 2 |
| Mar 27 | 1 |
| Mar 20 | 2 |
| Mar 13 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | 16 Camels/Yer Man Ya Li | ||
| 2. | Mone/Jump Up and Fly | ||
| 3. | Hey Gabriel | ||
| 4. | Mercy/Dau | ||
| 5. | Koriome | ||
| 6. | Wakin Up at Midnight/Ebina | ||
| 7. | Far As I Can Run/Majirica Sa | ||
| 8. | Gobissa/Things We'll Never | ||
| 9. | All the Kingdoms/Goi Boiru | ||
| 10. | Let's Go | ||
| 11. | Break that Chain Each Day | ||
| 12. | There Goes Bankano | ||
| 13. | Takamba Blues | ||
| 14. | Weather Change | ||
| 15. | Tele/Fire at the Gate | ||
| 16. | Sun Is Rising |