We try to keep mixing things up with our ongoing Live at Other Music series, featuring a broad selection of our favorite artists from a variety of genres, performing and chatting about their music and their inspirations, reflecting varied musical passions for the artists as well as all of us at Other Music. As such, we've seen a variety of different approaches to making music and how these artists fit into the broader community.
Still, when we're lucky enough to host a musician with the singular vision and dedication of Malian griot and kora prodigy Toumani Diabate, it makes us all take pause. Diabate traces his musical heritage back 70 generations. His instrument, the kora, is more than 700 years old and is an integral part of his traditional culture, and this history is central to Diabate's music and his life. He is both a musician and a teacher, a traditionalist as well as an innovator. And while many in our circle may have first taken notice of Diabate from his recent appearance on Bjork's Volta album, or know his name from his Grammy-winning recordings with Ali Farka Toure, despite many high-profile and innovative collaborations, Diabate sees his primary mission as an educator and champion of traditional Malian culture.
It was an honor to have him play for us at Other Music, and even more so to sit with Diabate and learn. The first film is centered around our interview with Diabate and is interspersed with highlights from his set. We've also included a second clip which features a full song performance. Both segments are truly stunning, we hope you enjoy.
Watch Toumani Diabate "Live at Other Music"»Produced by Dig for Fire [www.digforfire.tv] »
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