Night Life
Highline Ballroom

431 W. 16th St. (212-414-5994) Aug. 1: Vieux Farka Touré, the son of the Malian superstar Ali Farka Touré, follows in his father's footsteps, playing a fierce African blues guitar. Aug. 4: Stan Ridgway, the front man for the early-eighties MTV favorites Wall of Voodoo, celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of "Call of the West," the album that spawned the group's most notable contribution to popular culture, the hit single "Mexican Radio."