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Talking Timbuktu

Summary

Talking Timbuktu is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Talking Timbuktu's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Talking Timbuktu's genre is world music[4].
  • Talking Timbuktu followed The Source[5].
  • Talking Timbuktu was followed by Radio Mali[6].
  • Talking Timbuktu was produced by Ry Cooder[7].
  • Talking Timbuktu was performed by Ali Farka Touré[8].
  • Talking Timbuktu was performed by Ry Cooder[9].
  • Talking Timbuktu's record label is recorded as World Circuit[10].
  • Talking Timbuktu was released on 1994[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[12]

  • First release date: 1994-03-28[13]

  • Genre(s): blues, jazz, rock[14]

  • Community tags: blues, jazz, rock, west african[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a5a7a716-a039-3815-aee3-88ac135721c5[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Ali Farka Touré[8] and Ry Cooder[9]. Talking Timbuktu was produced by Ry Cooder[7].

Publication

Talking Timbuktu was released on 1994[11]. Its genre is world music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Talking Timbuktu followed The Source[5]. It was followed by Radio Mali[6].

Why It Matters

Talking Timbuktu ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

Ali Farka Touré Ry Cooder

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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