Savane

Always exciting to see something that I know is going to be very new to me here. I really like his guitar playing. It's very intricate but simultaneously pleasant. It's neat to hear the mix of blues with African music.

A multilingual artist, who combines hundreds (if not thousands) of styles and genres, while making it entirely his own thing too.
Truly magical, evoking time and place like not many others on the list.
Another welcome nudge to visit francophone Africa!

He had me from the second I saw him in that chair.

It made for some nice background music, but in many ways it just sounded like the same song over and over. It probably didn't help that I also had no idea what he was saying. I'm sure it's really good, but I didn't need to hear it before I die.

Not your typical Afropop, but still very similar sounding throughout the album. Nothing special. 2.5/5

Enjoyable mix of African and blues music, no idea what the lyrics mean.

Great music to have on in the background. Mellow. Enjoyed it.

Read up on the production of the album, Touré had cancer and knew it'd be his last album. Puts perspective on the enjoyment and spirit of musicianship, over commercial incentive.