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Ali Farka Touré. Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré ( Kanau, Tombuctú, Malí, 31 de octubre de 1939- Bamako, 7 de marzo de 2006) fue un conocido guitarrista y cantante maliense, cuyo estilo aunaba la música tradicional de Malí con el blues. Ali Farka Toure es considerado uno de los mejores guitarristas a nivel mundial y también uno de los mejores ...
The late lamented African Bluesman Ali Farka Touré is still celebrated as one of the pioneering figures of West African music. It was he who took the traditional music of Mali, the music of the Jeliya and the Kora, and applied it to the guitar, to create something which resembled the blues of America’s Mississippi delta. Touré’s music has been credited with bringing to light the ...
8 de mar. de 2006 · By Jocelyn Y. Stewart. March 8, 2006 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Before the blues arrived in the Mississippi Delta, it lived in the desert of Mali, West Africa, and was known by a different...
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone ' s list of "The 100 ...
6 de dic. de 2003 · Nevertheless, Harris knocks out some fascinating tunes with his Malian accompanists—the brilliant Ali Farka Touré (guitar and njarka), Ali Magassa (vocals and guitar) and Souleyman Kané...
15 de nov. de 2003 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Rounder Records has released an album, Mississippi to Mali, with recordings made by American blues musician Corey Harris. With these recordings, made in the field in Mississippi and in Mali, Corey Harris explores a musical link that unites two continents.
In 2002 he appeared with Black American blues and reggae performer Corey Harris, on an album called Mississippi to Mali (Rounder Records). Toure and Harris also appeared together in Martin Scorcese's 2003 documentary film Feel Like Going Home, which traced the roots of blues back to its genesis in West Africa.
