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| | Markus James: World Blues, Nightbird, Timbuktoubab, FirenzeRecords, calabash, Ali Farka Toure, Marcus James, Mali, mali ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | American guitarist-singer-songwriter James who has been recording and performing his original blues-based, Mali-tinged numbers for a decade appeared with a pair of traditional Malian musicians. |
 | | Accompanied by the African kora and calabash drum, James' rich baritone voice blended amiably with the seemingly unlikely sounds, enlivened by his rhythmic strumming and bottleneck slides. |
 | | Markus James is originally from Virginia and the DC area, where his first musical memory, from the age of four, is of an old, blind blues singer he saw many times playing on a sidewalk. |
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