African Virtuoses
The Classic Guinean Guitar Group
These instrumental recordings, made between 1970-183 and long-prized by collectors, featur the African Virtuoses - a group that in its various incarnations included one of the most illustrious guitarplaying families in Africa, The Diabate Brothers. Lush and seductive thier music carries echoes of Spain, Latin-America and even the paris of Django Reinhardt, yet its roots lie deep within Guinean folklore. Acoustic African guitar playing at its most intimate and beguiling.