| Toubab Crewe / Tk2 |
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| Album: | Tk2 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Toubab Crewe | Added: | Nov 2010 | |
| Label: | National Geographic Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-11-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-01-16 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 16 | Jan 2 | Dec 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 14, 2014: | Funk to Folk Area Code | 4. | Feb 22, 2014: | Funk to Folk Holy Grail | |
| 2. | May 07, 2014: | Funk to Folk Mariama | 5. | Jan 10, 2014: | Funk to Folk Beacon | |
| 3. | Apr 30, 2014: | Funk to Folk Nirvana The Buffalo | 6. | Jan 10, 2014: | Funk to Folk Mariama |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-11-12 | ||
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Toubab Krewe – TK2 Reviewed by Sadie O., 11/12/10 Malian/Southern US fusion instrumentals by a band from Asheville NC. They’ve done their research, travelling to Mali a few times to study with musicians there. “Toubab” means “foreigner” in several west African languages, and “Krewe” is a reference to New Orleans Mardi Gras groups. I’d say the American part (garage, blues-rock, etc) outweighs the African, so it’s General rather than World. Excellent stuff. Single FCC at very end of last track. I like 2 and 9 best – all tracks good. 1. 5:16 ***piano thumps and plinks, slow stomp with a hint of ragtime. Beautiful kora overlay. 2. 6:47 ****garage rock, uptempo with searing guitar, but a bit of camel walk in the drums. Slows down and goes psychedelic halfway through, with fine hand percussion. 3. 5:31 ***soft, organ-based blues (of the 60’s rock variety) with strongly Africanized guitar solo and electronic squoobles. 4. 5:58 ***fuzzy electric guitar blues, slow, with a bit of camel walk. Speeds up like crazy a couple of times to a total rave-up with slides. 5. 3:10 **sweet, pretty midtempo hip-wiggler with desert blues feel, but a bit of whammy bar as well. 6. 6:23 **very soft and low chords intro, then a couple of guitars, finally a sort of loping, downbeat but midtempo stroll. Gets quite psychedelic. 7. 6:50 ***lowkey guitar blues, much in the Malian tradition, with very slow drums. Goes uptempo with handdrums for last third of track. 8. 6:44 ***big 60’s garage rock sound with a bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar sound – fun stuff. Gets quiet and psychedelic midway through, then morphs into something bouncy with hand percussion, flies into hyperspeed, then back to Freebird. 9. 5:47 ****pretty Malian swing with lots of percussion. The “worldiest” track yet. 10. 5:39 ***very low-key (but cool) bass intro. Turns into relaxed slightly downtempo loping sway, very Desert-Bluesy. Lots of tinkly kora, little guitar. ENDS just over a minute shy. 11. 10:32 FCC: “shit” in bit of talking after song ends, about 20 seconds from end of track. ***swingy, slightly uptempo sway with jangly guitar and a bit of African instrumentation. Fades to almost nothing after 4 minutes, turns into mellow, slow blues jam. Ends with fuzz – cut it off when you hear a loud fuzzy thump and bit of laughter. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mariama | 6. | Mansani Cisse | |||
| 2. | Nirvana The Buffalo | 7. | Area Code | |||
| 3. | Holy Grail | 8. | Gine Fare | |||
| 4. | Sirens | 9. | Konkoba | |||
| 5. | Carnavalito | 10. | Beacon | |||
| 11. | One Night Watkins | |||||