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Release Date: 2006-05-30, Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Recorded in a Toure's home village in Mali, with a small group of singers and players, NIAFUNKE is delightfully low-key and captivating. Beautifully picked acoustic guitar combines with shimmering electric guitar percussion, voices, and violin to weave the spacious, circular melodies that explore the common ground shared by the blues and African folk music. "Tulumba" glimmers like a desert mirage, and "Pieter Botha" sounds like a Delta blues tune played by a wandering musician while traveling through...

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Description Format: CD Genre: AFRICAN Release Date: 7/25/2006 Attributes: - Label: WEA/Atlantic/Nonesuch Catalog Number: 79965 Country: USA Toure recorded Savane in the Malian capital of Bamako, as part of a three-disc project dubbed the Hotel Mande Sessions, after the studio in which the albums were cut. Savane is the last, perhaps most eloquent, installment. In concept and execution, the sessions recall the magical combination of spontaneity and virtuosity that marked the debut releases from...

A Visit to Ali Farka Toure - A Film by Marc Huraux

Many sons and daughters of musicians have attempted to follow in the footsteps of a renowned parent, but the percentage who have succeeded in finding their own way, not just carrying the torch but lighting it anew, is a small one indeed. Vieux Farka Touré's father was the late Ali Farka Touré, one of the uncontested trailblazers of African music, and Vieux's debut album was released less than a year after the 2006 passing of his father, which could lead one to suspect a cashing in on the name and...

"To make this album I had to dig deep into the secrets of my own history and my country's culture in order to move the music forward," Vieux said, back in his native Mali. Indeed the song, which is pulled from the last session Ali cut before heading to a French hospital (he would die of bone cancer shortly thereafter), will be instantly recognizable to fans of the elder's classic albums, such as Niafunke and Talking Timbuktu. "The Secret" is the young Farka Tour's attempt at blending generations...

Fondo is the latest CD by Vieux Farka Touré, the fast rising Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter, and the son of the beloved legendary African guitar master Ali Farka Touré. Vieux has fufilled the promise of his father’s musical greatness as evidenced by his own 2006 solo debut, that included recordings that are now considered the last performances of Ali Farka Touré before his passing. Since the release of that self-titled debut, Vieux has shown his natural mastery of the stage and infectious, unique...

RADIO MALI features songs recorded for broadcast on Radio Mali between 1970 and 1978.Ali Farka Toure's Radio Mali features Malian radio appearances from 1970 to 1978, which were among the first per...