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Sample Track 1:
"Ana" from Vieux Farka Touré
Sample Track 2:
"Ma Hine Cocore" from Vieux Farka Touré
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Mali's bluesman Ali Farka Touré has passed the torch onto his son Vieux Farka Touré, whose self-titled first album features the final studio recordings of the older Touré before 'his death in March 2006. The album, which also features kora-player Toumani Diabaté, draws heavily on the same blues-inflected North African desert traditions that Ali Farka Touré made famous on such albums as the Grammy-winning Ry Cooder collaboration Talking Timbuktu (World Circuit). Vieux's debut pays musical homage to his father's roots with familiar trancey guitar-work while incorporating musical influences from reggae to rock.

The Middle East
472/480 Mass. Ave
Cambridge
617-864-EAST ext 221 01/15/07
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