Savane (2006) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Savane a score of 3.6333 out of 4

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musicOMH.com

Ali Farka Touré, father of "desert blues" music from the Sahara, died in March this year after a battle against cancer. The man quite literally from Timbuktu had just completed work on what would be his final solo album, Savane, which now gets
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Observer Music Monthly

All we need to know is, he was a master and this is his masterwork.
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The Guardian

This is an African classic.
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Stylus Magazine

Savane stands out both as Ali Farka Touré’s masterpiece, and as one of contemporary African music’s finest achievements to date.
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Billboard

"Savane" is without question one of the finest efforts in his legendary discography.
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Amazon.com

His unsentimental, voluptuously masculine, spirit-guided magic is captured at its best, for all time, in this magnificent farewell.
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Austin Chronicle

One of his most accomplished recordings.
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