Afel Bocoum

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Malian singer and guitarist known for Songhai-rooted music and collaborations with Ali Farka Touré; has released albums including Alkibar and Lindé and is credited on sessions for Damon Albarn's Mali Music.

Featured in Damon Albarn's 2002 Mali Music sessions alongside Toumani Diabaté (as described in the review). The review credits Bocoum with the Deza violin introduction on the track "Sunset Coming On." Recorded albums include Alkibar, Lindé, Niger and Tabital Pulaaku.

Afel Bocoum is presented here through a review of Damon Albarn's Mali Music (2002), where Bocoum participated in sessions with Toumani Diabaté. The review praises the album as a fusion of African rhythms and Western elements and highlights the track "Sunset Coming On." Overall reception in the review is highly positive.

For:Fans of world music, Malian music, and cross-cultural collaborations (Damon Albarn listeners, followers of West African guitar traditions).

In 2002, while waiting for the three-person album with Blur, Damon produced an extraordinary masterpiece, the result of hours and hours of "sessions" with musicians from Mali, led by Toumani Diabaté and Afel Bocoum.
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