Ali farka touré
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Vieux Farka Touré
Often referred to as “The Hendrix of the Sahara,” VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. Ali Farka Touré came from a historical tribe of soldiers, and defied his parents in becoming a musician. When Vieux was in his teens, he declared that he also wanted to be a musician. His father disapproved, due to the pressures he had experienced being a musician; rather, he wanted Vieux to become a soldier. But with help from kora maestro Toumani Diabaté, Ali gave his blessing for Vieux to become a musician, shortly before Ali passed.
Vieux was initially a drummer / calabash player at Mali’s Institut National des Arts, but secretly began playing guitar in 2001. Ali Farka Touré was weakened with cancer when Vieux announced that he was going to record an album. Ali recorded a couple of tracks with him, and these recordings, which can be heard on Vieux’s debut CD, were amongst Ali’s final ones. It has been said that the senior Touré played rough mixes of these songs when people
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Vieux Farka Touré
Malian musical artist (born 1981)
Musical artist
Boureima "Vieux" Farka Touré (born 12 March 1981) is a Malian singer, composer and guitarist. He is the son of Malian musician Ali Farka Touré.[1]
Biography
Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali, in 1981 to Ali Farka Touré. Despite his father's discouragement and his family's lineage as a tribe of soldiers, Touré secretly took up the guitar and enrolled in the Institut National des Arts in Bamako, Mali.[2]
In 2005, Eric Herman of Modiba expressed interest in producing an album for Touré; to do so, he had to acquire permission from Ali Touré, Toumani Diabaté, and other community elders.[3] This led to his self-titled debut album, produced by Modiba and released by World Village on 12 February 2007.[4] The album featured Toumani Diabaté as well as his late father, who died in 2006.
Following the release of a remix album, UFOs Over Bamako, in 2008,[5] and multiple tours, Vieux released his second studio album in May 2009.[6]Fondo peaked
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Vieux Farka Touré
(Mali)
Some musicians on the self-titled debut album (2007)
Vieux Farka Touré: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, calabash, percussion
Toumani Diabaté: kora (6, 10)
Ali Farka Touré: guitar (3, 7)
Bassekou Kouyaté: n'goni
Issa Bamba: vocals (9)
Seckou Touré: vocals
Mamadou Fofana: bass guitar, flute
Adama Diarra: djembe
Tim Keiper: drums, percussion
Hassey Sarré: njarka (spike fiddle)
Mahamadou Koné: tama (talking drum)
Princesse Prisca Benita: backing vocals
Alou Coulibaly: calabash
Eric Herman: guitar, bass guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, percussion
Born: as Boureïma Touré
Style: Songhaï blues
| Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
| Les racines | 2022 | World Circuit WCD103 | CD / LP / Digital release |
| Samba | 2017 | Six Degrees Records | CD / Digital release |
| Touristes | 2015 | Six Degrees Records | Album by Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin |
| Mon pays | 2013 | Six Degrees Records | CD / Digital release |
| The Secret | 2011 | Six Degrees Records | |
| Live | 2010 | Six Degrees Recor
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