Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko : New Ancient Strings (2023 Remaster)New Ancient Strings' is an album by world renowned Malian kora players Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko. Inspired by a landmark 1970 album, 'Ancient Strings', recorded by their fathers, Sidiki Diabate and Djelimadi Sissoko, Toumani and Ballake took to making their own updated version, which many of the songs come from the original repertoire, the music is all modern Mali and played beautifully making this a modern classic in its field. Track

It is presented here alongside seven 'Jamaican mixes' of songs from it and a second disc of rare and unreleased masters

Original gatefold artwork replicated

it debuted at number-two on the UK Albums Chart and debuted atop the US all-format Billboard 200 albums chart

with Allmusic claiming: 'it is several steps ahead in terms of fresh musical ideas that wholly incorporate the band's trademark humour within the otherwise serious and challenging sonic structures'

You're All I Want to Know - The WEAVE

Someday - The Strokes (3

Love Out Loud - Daryl Hall and John Oates

Transcending (Eydís Evensen) - Various Performers

Wiz Khalida and Becky G) - Ke$ha

Hugh/Headloss - Caravan

Vegas Collie - Flying Lotus (2

Decades later