Though hes been out of Africa, and based in B.C., for years now, the Guinea-born singer and guitarist continues to find new ways to synthesize the many West African styles he was reared on. His new disc, Immé, is a fantastically varied stew of rhythms, languages, and instrumentation, all of it tinged with a certain melancholy that only seems to come from someone far from home. Diallos solo set at KEXP earlier this year was solid, but hes better with a band, and word is hell have at least a trio with him. MARK D. FEFER
Mon., July 26, 7:30 p.m., 2010
