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Musical career. As the first African bluesman to achieve widespread popularity on his home continent, Touré was often known as "the African John Lee Hooker ". [11] . Musically, the many superpositions of guitars and rhythms in his music were similar to John Lee Hooker's hypnotic blues style.
Apr 23, 2023 · Learn Ali Farka Toure's guitar style from the song 'Debe' plus learn the Tuareg, Mandinka and Bozo West African guitar styles in the full course. Learn to play Malian guitar with Vieux...
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Following in his father's footsteps, he taught himself to play the kora and gained international recognition as a virtuoso. His albums, "Kaira" (1988) and "The Mandé Variations" (2008), showcased his unique ability to blend traditional sounds with modern elements.
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Toure, the tenth son and only surviving child of his parents, was born in the village of Kanau in Mali's northwest region. When Toure was still a child, his father died while serving in the French army, so Toure and his mother moved to Niafunké, a small village in a remote region of Northern Mali near Timbuktu. At 12 years old Toure made his first ...
In 1968 Toure was selected by the government to represent Mali at an international arts festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, marking his first appearance outside Africa. In the early 1970s he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, where he worked as a sound engineer for National Radio Mali and recorded numerous broadcasts on Radio Mali. During this time, Toure s...
Born in 1939 in Kanau, Mali, Africa; married; children: eleven. Worked as mechanic, taxi driver, and river ambulance pilot; began playing the djerkel (single string guitar) and njarka (single string violin) as a child, c. 1940s; began playing the guitar, 1956; played with John Lee Hooker in Paris, c. 1970s; worked as sound engineer for Radio Mali i...
During a brief American tour in 1994 with Ry Cooder, the rapport between the two guitarists was such that they completed an album together in four days. The result, Talking Timbuktu, was the 1994 winner of the Down Beat Critics' Poll "Beyond Album of the Year," and it won a Grammy for Best World Music Album. The album debuted in the number one spot...
Books
Barlow, William, Looking Up At Down: The Emergence of Blues Culture, Temple University Press, 1989.
Periodicals
Billboard, October 16, 1993; October 30, 1993; July 9, 1994. Boston Globe, July 28, 2000. Chicago Tribune, August 6, 2000. Daily Telegraph(London, UK), June 25, 2005. Down Beat, August 1990; October 1993; August 1994; October 1994. Evening Standard(London, UK), June 16, 2005. Guardian(Manchester, UK), June 24, 2005. Guitar Player, August 1990; June 1994. Independent(London, UK), November 12, 2004. Irish Times, June 24, 2005. Times(London, UK), June 11, 1999. Toronto Star, April 23, 2000. Vill...
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"Ali Farka Toure," Afropop Worldwide, http://www.afropop.org(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," All about Jazz, http://www.allaboutjazz.com(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," All Music Guide, http://www.allmusic.com(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," CMJ, http://www.cmj.com(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," Concerted Efforts, http://www.concertedefforts.com(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," Nonesuch Records, http://www.nonesuch.com(October 10, 2005). "Ali Farka Toure," World...
Aug 30, 2016 · Radio Mali was Ali Farka Toure’s first release after 1994’s Grammy Award–winning collaboration with Ry Cooder, Talking Timbuktu. Released in Europe by World Circuit in 1996, it is a lavishly packaged collection of vintage recordings made throughout the 1970s.
Sep 8, 1993 · Toure can sound like a musical dead ringer for Hooker but the “blues” side is only one facet of his music. Islamic influences are prominent, particularly in his singing and the lyrics.
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Dec 23, 2022 · The amazinf life of Africa’s greatest guitarist, Ali Farka Touré. In his time, he helped to establish Saharan blues music and put Malian culture on the map.
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