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Call My Name

6 Track Special edition.

Daby Touré and Skip McDonald

As soon as they met, they knew each other. Skip McDonald: an old school bluesman from Dayton, Ohio, and long-time resident in London, UK. Daby Touré: a thirty-something musician raised in Mauritania, West Africa, now a leading light on the Paris, France scene. And having met and jammed one summer's night at Real World they kept on meeting and jamming at festivals around the globe. For both men this was more than mere coincidence. Given the way they played together, the way their music flowed organically, spontaneously - hey, even psychically - it seemed like fate. Destiny. A sign.

Their inevitable Real World album - magicked in one creatively productive week in RW Studio's state-of-the-art Big Room - pays testament to a remarkable musical union.

Aided by the intuitive rhythms of drummer Keith LeBlanc (Little Axe/Tackhead), McDonald and Touré brought their sensibilities to bear on a clutch of songs assembled for and by the occasion. Here are covers of such Little Axe classics as Sinners and Time Has Come. New songs - Past Time, Lost Voices, Riddem - written by Touré. Songs that showcase the interplay between McDonald's weighty guitar grooves and Touré's lighter, freewheeling musicality. Songs that feature McDonald's deep dramatic vocals and Touré's gloriously agile singing range, his lyrics an often improvised mix of English and four different African languages.

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