Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté - The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere

Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté - The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere

Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté are both well-known soloists in their
own right, but this duo recording is something special taking us on an
improvisational musical journey into new landscapes.

“It’s like this music was already there waiting for us,” says Toumani. “And
it’s like the two of us knew each other before - in another life.”

“The qualities of minimalism and trance that I like in Persian music are
also there in Toumani’s,” says Kayhan.

Kayhan Kalhor, from Iran, is the leading player of the kamancheh, the
Persian spike fiddle. He has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road
Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, Shujaat Khan, Erdal Erzincan, the Rembrandt
Trio and many others.

Toumani Diabaté, from Mali, is likewise the leading player of the West
African kora. He’s won three Grammys and recorded with Ballaké Sissoko,
Taj Mahal, Ali Farka Touré, Björk and the London Symphony Orchestra.
This is Kayhan’s first collaboration with an African musician.

The spontaneous recording is both a dialogue and a journey
through Kayhan and Toumani’s exceptional improvisational
skills

The duo first performed together at the Morgenland Festival in Osnabrück
in 2016. A short European tour followed and then this recording was made
in Paris. Through this recording Kayhan and Toumani take us on a musical
journey, drawing on the wellsprings of their rich musical cultures in the
Persian and Mandé lands. But more than that it’s about musical
personalities and two musicians who are free enough to throw themselves
into a totally uncharted and unrehearsed performance and come out with
something that makes everyone feel better: The Sky Is The Same Colour
Everywhere.

LP Tracklisting
Side A
A1.Wayfarers of the Legends
A2. The Path of No Return
Side B
B1. Stay Here
B2. Joyful Sun
B3. I'm Speaking to You
B4. Whereto
B5. Anywhere That Is Not Here
Side C
C1. Is Anyone There? C2. The Sky Is the Same ColourEverywhere
Side D
Etched (not music)

CD Tracklisting
1. Wayfarers of the Legends
2. The Path of No Return
3. Stay Here
4. Joyful Sun
5. I'm Speaking to You
6. Whereto
7. Anywhere That Is Not Here
8. Is Anyone There?
9. The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere

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