Vieux Farka Toure inherits the Malian blues-guitar torch from his famed Grammy winning father, Ali Farka Toure on his self-title debut album, which was released on February 13 th . The music is really fresh, has influences that range from Malian guitar to reggae and include Ali's final recordings. You can order a copy of the CD. In case you are wondering whether Vieux is merely trying to profit off his father's name or really has talent of his own, I would recommend checking out some of his solo performances [...]
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following artists for their gift of music to me and countless others, and to offer my condolences to their families and friends. Wilson Pickett Passed away on January 19 aged 64 years due to heart attack A southern soul legend. His cover of Mustang Sally hit number 6 on the US soul charts in 1966 and has become a standard for any [...]
My musical highlight for 2006 has been the discovery of Neko Case . Her fourth studio album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is my easy choice for Album of the Year and will be a strong contender for Album of the Decade . (please revisit in three years!) I find her music fun and emotive, and her poetry whimsical and profound. She is a gifted songwriter with a fine voice who has also extended her broad and intelligent musicality [...]
I was invited to submit my favourite ten albums of 2006 for a music blog survey and since I heard heaps of recently released records while working in retail, I couldn't resist. Plenty has been written and blogged about most all of the artists I've selected so their inclusion in this list says enough about how I feel about their music for now. The Devastations are the only band I know personally but I have seen many of them perform live, like the Yeah Yeah Yeah's (see above). For your added convenience I've also put all the tracks together in [...]
Well, not quite on the cover. But SoundRoots has garnered a mention in the Nov. 30 issue of that warhorse of music publications, Rolling Stone. The column Site Specific uses a search for the music of Ali Farka Toure as a launching point to discuss sources for global sounds, including the new National Geographic music site, the sorely-in-need-of-an-update Awesome Tapes From Africa , and SoundRoots. Curiously, RS calls SoundRoots an aggregator. Which leaves us puzzled. Sure we comment on and link to lots of articles, sites, and mp3s from around the Web. But our content is original [...]
There's over a month left in 2006, but the year's over as far as Uncut is concerned. They've drafted their year-end best albums lists, one for the Albums Of The Year and another for the Reissues Of The Year. As always with these lists, there's much to discuss (where is the love for Lloyd Cole, to name just one?). Two of their very favorite albums are by artists whose music I can barely tolerate (Comets On Fire, Joanna Newsom). I think Scritti Politti and Thom Yorke's albums are overrated, both likely in part due to [...]
Er wordt nu al aangekondigd dat het nieuwe album Savana van de AfrikaanAli Farka Toure een groot succes zal worden en wordt al in de lucht ge-prezen door velen muziekjournalisten. Helaas heeft de man niet het heleproject kunnen afmaken, toen hij in maart van dit jaar stierf op 67 jarigeleeftijd aan een ziekte. Ik heb nu twee nummers beluisterd van zijn in juliverschenen album en ik moet zeggen da...
Tagged : africa , guitar , instrumental , Mali , traditional Hello guys, I'm on a trip to Germany since a few days, that's why it's been a slow week here. I am in Aachen now, a small town on the Holland, Belgium, Germany border after a trip to Rotterdam, and I'll be back in Frankfurt soon, so I've been to 4-5 cities in 5 days, and most of the time I've been listening to the late Malian singer Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré 's posthumous album Savane. [...]
Stream new albums from various artists at the Dutch Site 3 Voor 12 . Here's a list of some ones worth listening to at the moment but bookmark it and check back as they change regularly. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain Peaches - Impeach my Bush The Rifles - No Love Lost Tanya Morgan - Moonlighting Razorlight - Razorlight Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire! Lily Allen - Alright Still Peter Bjorn & [...]
The Malian Culture Ministry has announced the death of Ali Farke Toure who - although he thought of himself as a farmer - was the nation's most widely-known musician. Born in 1939 in Kanau on the banks of the Niger, although he was the tenth son to be born to his mother Ali was the only boy who survived his early years; it was this apparent stubborness which earned him his nickname of "farka", the donkey. His father - a member of the French army - died while Ali was still young, prompting the [...]
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