Whatever the outcome for the people of mali, the rest of the world should feel fortunate to. Vieux farka toure tickets, 2020 concert tour dates. Ali farka toure didnt want his son vieux to become a musician, but desert blues fans the world over should be thanking their lucky stars that cooler heads including toumani diabates prevailed. Being that his native mali has been splintered by territorial fighting between tuareg and islamic rebels since january 2012, his new album, mon pays, is devoted to reminding. Boureima vieux farka toure is a malian singer and guitarist. Vieux farka toure listen on deezer music streaming. He is the son of grammywinning malian musician ali farka toure. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists.
Im a fan of vieux farka toure as well as other malian musicians and listened to his debut after hearing his latest album mon pays. Run march 2010 posted in new music with tags ali farka toure, beefheart. Vieux farka toure mali australasian tour 20162017 the hendrix of the sahara all music guide vieux farka toures group is the best fucking rock band in the world don was producer. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Vieux farka toure listen to vieux farka toure on deezer. Mon pays is an album of great complexity, expressing joy, sorrow, and wonderment. The accolades vieux has gathered as one of our best new guitarists are well deserved he is one to savor and follow. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is.
Mon pays presents a new way of looking at the family dynamic as a shared, continuing lineage. Vieux has picked up right where the great ali farka toure left after his unfortunate early demise, and has imbued the farka toure sound with more straightahead blues and rock. Video by amanda kowalski, sonia narang, and annie sfler. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Vieuxs fourth studio album, mon pays, was released by six degrees records on 28 may 20. With live, vieux farka toure makes a great leap toward becoming the first african electric guitar player to be a western rock star. Most of the pieces are composed and arranged by vieux himself, as are the lyrics. Being that his native mali had recently been splintered by territorial fighting between tuareg and islamic rebels since january 2012, mon pays was devoted to reminding the world about the beauty and culture of his. Son of the late pioneer malian blues guitarist ali farka toure, vieux ignored his fathers advice that the life of a musician is difficult and that he should become a. The title, french for my country, refers to his native mali, and serves as a reminder of its beauty and culture, even in the midst of the territorial conflict between tuareg and islamic populations that have threatened it since january 2012. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional malian music and its north american cousin, the blues. Buy vieux farka toure tickets from the official site.
Intrigued, he promised to return the following year. Hearing toures passion and pride expressed through this fine recording, its difficult to believe that the islamic militants in mali placed a countrywide ban on music. Vieux farka toures beautiful latest album was recorded as an homage to his homeland. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
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