Talking Timbuktu

Talking Timbuktu is the 1994 collaboration album between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder. The guitar riff from the song "Diaraby" was selected for the Geo-quiz segment of The World PRI-BBC radio program and was retained by popular demand when put to a vote by the listeners. In 2009, the album was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)