Personnel: Ali Farka Tour? (vocals, guitar); Ali Farka Tour?; Sekou Kant? (bass guitar); Lekan Babalola (percussion); Ry Cooder (guitar, piano); Toumani Diabat? (kora); James Thompson (shaker); Joachim Cooder (percussion). Audio Mixer: Jerry Boys. Liner Note Authors: Ali Farka Tour?; Nick Gold ; Toumani Diabat?; Lucy Duran. Recording information: EGREM Studios, Havana, Cuba (07/2004); Hotel Mande, Bamako, Mali (07/2004); Livingston Studios, London, England (07/2004); Sound Sity Studios, Los Angeles, CA (07/2004); Studio Bogolan, Bamako, Mali (07/2004). Photographer: Youri Lenquette. Arrangers: Ali Farka Tour?; Toumani Diabat?. With albums like 1991's THE SOURCE, Malian guitarist, singer, and songwriter Ali Farka Toure proved he could come close to artistic perfection, a feat he accomplishes again with 2005's IN THE HEART OF THE MOON. A duet with kora player Toumani Diabate, IN THE HEART focuses on Malian and Guinean music from the 1950s and '60s with a few originals by Farka Toure. The subtle and complex...