Posts tagged toumani-diabate

LittleBigControversy: Qur'an lyrics debated on BBC

by Ross Miller (Oct 21st 2008 9:30AM)

This week's BBC News at Ten featured a discussion on the LittleBigControversy, in which the game was delayed at the eleventh hour due to a song, featuring lyrics taken from the Qur'an, by Grammy award-winning artist Toumani Diabaté. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the program had ...

Toumani Diabate defends his Qur'an lyrics on BBC news

by Jem Alexander (Oct 21st 2008 8:00AM)

Toumani Diabate, the musician behind Tapha Niang (the LittleBigPlanet track that ultimately caused the delay), has defended his track on BBC's News At Ten. "It's quite normal to play music and be inspired by the words of the Prophet Mohammed," said Diabate. "It's my way to attract and inspire ...

Inside the LBP delay: A Grammy award-winning artist's 2006 song

by James Ransom-Wiley (Oct 17th 2008 1:30PM)

As SCEE vaguely put it, "one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game" is the cause of LittleBigPlanet's -- now worldwide -- delay. So which track is it? Well, the song is "Tapha Niang" from the 2006 album Boulevard de l'Independance by Grammy award-winning ...