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"Ana" from Vieux Farka Touré
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"Ma Hine Cocore" from Vieux Farka Touré
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The son also rises

VIEUX FARKA TOURE
"Vieux Farka Toure" (World Village)
Grade: A-

The world music community that mourned that death of seminal Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure last year will rejoice in his son's debut. It not only celebrates and extends the master's legacy but features his final recordings.

Though initially discouraged by his father, Vieux ultimately took up the family instrument and has produced a disc that preserves his father's African-blues hybrid, while nudging it into more modern realms. Toure both assures his father's immortality, and begins work on his own. Download: "Ma Hine Cocore." (Appearing Thursday at Johnny D's, Somerville.)

- KEVIN R. CONVEY 02/23/07
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