Loading...

Dig Music Home > Just Played > Ali Farka Toure

Ali Farka Toure

Biography

Fromwikipedia

Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 - March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Biography He was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau, on the banks of the Niger River in the cercle of Gourma Rharous in the northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. His family moved to the nearby village of Niafunké when he was still an infant. He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy. "The name I was given was Ali Ibrahim, but it's a custom in Africa...

More about Ali Farka Toure at Wikipedia

This entry is automatically sourced from Wikipedia external link, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under CC-BY-SA external link. Visit Ali Farka Toure external link on Wikipedia to correct or update this entry. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately available here. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Alert moderator

Discography

  • Ali Farka Touré, 1987
  • In the Heart of the Moon, 2005
  • Ali and Toumani, 2010
  • Talking Timbuktu, 1994
  • Red & Green, 2004
  • Niafunké, 1999
  • Green, 1988
  • The Source, 1992
  • Radio Mali, 1996
  • The River, 1991
  • African Blues, 1990
  • Savane, 2006
  • Red, 1984

This entry is automatically sourced from Musicbrainz external link, the public domain music database. Visit the Ali Farka Toure external link page on Musicbrainz to correct or update this entry. Any changes made to the article will not be immediately available here. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Alert moderator

Tags

Community tags: 
tag Register to add tags

Media

More Ali Farka Toure on YouTube external link

Non-ABC videos are automatically sourced from YouTube external link, the user-contributed video sharing site. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Alert moderator

Links

On the ABC

Elsewhere on the Web

Links suggested here are generated automatically. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Page created on Sep 15, 2010. 3:08pm and updated on Nov 23, 2011. 10:59am.

Alert moderator

Recommendations

recommend Recommend
Sep 15, 2010. 3:13pm
DavidB recommended this

Comments

Post a Comment

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Comments from unregistered users are subject to ABC moderation and will not appear until they are approved - there will be a delay until they are published.
Create A Profile to add comments straight away.

http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
minus zero equals eight
Solve this math question and enter the solution with digits. E.g. for "two plus four = ?" enter "6".
Untidy Desk - Live Music. Up Close.
Find ABC Dig Music on Facebook
ABC Dig Music on Twitter
ABC Jazz
ABC Country
Explore Dig Music
Sign up to the weekly newsletter
Enter your email address
Other ABC music sites