{"product_id":"moussa-diakite-blue-magic-vinyl-lp","title":"Moussa Diakite - Blue Magic, Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MdRemovedH1\"\u003eMoussa Diakite - Blue Magic, Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFactory Sealed (New).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-jss-groupItem-140\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pdp-jss-groupTitle-141\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Blue Magic” is the third album by Malian now Sydney based guitarist, singer and composer Moussa Diakite. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiakite spent his foundational years playing lead guitar in the internationally acclaimed ‘Rail Band’. One of the first bands to combine elements of Cuban, Congolese and Jazz with West African rhythms, melodies and instrumentation, ‘Rail Band’ went onto sell out stadiums across the world whilst serving as a launching pad for illustrious solo careers for many of its members. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis included lead vocalist Salif Keita, who went onto release 20 + critically acclaimed albums featuring everyone from Weather Report founders Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter to Carlos Santana (\"Amen\") and Diakite himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing his time with the ‘Rail Band’, Diakite spent 5 years playing lead guitar in Grammy Award-winning Kora player Toumani Diabate’s (Taj Mahal, Björk, Ali Farka Touré) live band before spending a further 5 years touring the world with Salif Kieta. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince moving to Australia Diakite has put together an impressive list of sold-out headline shows and festival credits ranging from Womadelaide and Woodford Folk Festival to Darwin Festival, Bellingen Festival and Mullum Music Fest. Since moving to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Australia Diakite has released 2 prior albums, featuring a veritable who’s who of both West African and Australian musicians, from Toumani Diabate to Oli McGill (Cat Empire). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough flickered through with lashings of love, nature, respect, humanity and unity - “Blue Magic” is an album that ultimately, is underpinned by Diakite's reflections on the struggles of his homeland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith core tracking of the album done in Sydney with Wassado, Diakite then took the tracks to Africa to have traditional West African instrumentation added by some of Mali’s finest musicians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is an album resplendent with Diakite’s trademark melodic Afro-blues funk groove and pin perfect polyphonic melodies, demonstrating exactly why Moussa Diakite is recognised worldwide as a master of his craft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-jss-groupItem-140\"\u003e\n\u003col class=\"pdp-jss-groupTrackList-142\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LimitContentHeightCntntFrm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pl-info jq_highlight\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ml-ellipsis ml-ellipsis4 mt_med\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"LPs New","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47679407227073,"sku":null,"price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/bluemagic.jpg?v=1708049418","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/moussa-diakite-blue-magic-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}