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artist: Vieux Farka TourΘ
album: Vieux Farka TourΘ
label: World Village
cat: 468065
year: 2007
genre: Ethnic
sub-genre: World Music
source: Cdda
grabber: Eac
encoder: LAME 3.97 V2 --Vbr-New -V 2
quality: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
size: 61,10 MB
link: www.myspace.com/vieuxfarkatoure
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│tracklist.
no. time track title
01 04:40 Sangare
02 04:42 Dounia
03 03:21 Tabara (Feat. Ali Farka TourΘ)
04 04:03 Ana
05 04:00 Ma Hine Cocore
06 04:30 Toure De Niafunke (Feat. Toumani Diabate)
07 07:13 Diallo (Feat. Ali Farka Toure)
08 03:34 Wosoubour
09 04:21 Courage
10 09:18 Diabate (Feat. Toumani Diabate)
total time: 49:42 min
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│release notes.
World Village and Modiba Productions are proud to present Vieux
Farka Toure: the self-titled debut by the son of the late
international superstar and two-time GRAMMY⌐ Award-winner Ali Farka
Toure. The album features Ali himself on two remarkable pieces.
These tracks are the only existing recordings of father and son
playing together, and are amongst the final recorded material of
Ali before his death. The record also features two magnificent
guest performances by the GRAMMY⌐ Award-winning kora master Toumani
DiabatΘ. Vieux Farka TourΘ's debut represents an historic passing
of the torch from father to son. A highly talented guitarist,
singer, songwriter, and percussionist, Vieux has crafted a
globalminded style all his own. With flourishes of rock and reggae
amidst Saharan Blues and traditional Malian melodies, Vieux Farka
Toure ushers in the next generation of Mali blues. Recorded on
location in Bamako in the storied Studio Bogolan by award-winning
engineer Yves Wernert, Vieux Farka TourΘ offers stirring
performances by a number of veteran recording stars from Mali
including Bassekou KouyatΘ, Seckou TourΘ, and Hassy SarrΘ. Also
featured are many of MaliÆs brightest young talents in Mamadou
Kone, Adama Diarra, and the sensational vocals of Issa Bamba, who
has been hailed by many in Mali as the next Salif Keita. Ten
percent of proceeds from the album will go towards BΘe Sago to
fight against malaria in Niafunke, the home region of the Farka
TourΘ family in Northern Mali. BΘe Sago, a local award-winning
organization affiliated with UNICEF, specializes in the manufacture
and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to children
and pregnant mothers. Modiba Productions is a music production
company committed to the social and economic empowerment of Africa
and its Diaspora. They are the creators of ASAP: The Afrobeat Sudan
Aid Project, which has raised over $130,000 for the refugees of the
crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
Vieux Farka Toure is a Malian singer and guitarist, and son of one
of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians
Ali Farka Toure. Vieux's debut solo album, released online in Fall
2006 and in retail worldwide February 2007, features Ali Farka
Toure and Toumani Diabate on several tracks.
Since his childhood, Vieux Farka Toure has been deeply inspired by
the music of his father, Ali Farka Toure. Growing up in Mali's
capital, Bamako, as well as in his father's hometown of NiafunkΘ in
the Sahara desert - both teeming with rich musical life - Vieux
proved himself a precocious talent as a drummer and calabash
player. Ali, however, grew concerned about his son's future as he
observed his son's budding musical gifts. Having long suffered in
the music industry himself before finally finding a home with World
Circuit Records, Ali did not want his son to have to have to face
the same hardships. He forbade Vieux to play music and decided that
Vieux should become a soldier instead. Vieux, as stubborn as his
father's moniker FARKA (donkey) suggested, began instead to play
along with his father's recordings in hiding, determined to pursue
his musical aspirations.
In 1999, Vieux -- now a young man -- decided to take his destiny
into his own hands. He enrolled in the National Arts Institute in
Bamako, openly defying his father's wishes. It was there that Vieux
truly discovered his musical calling, picking up the guitar and
beginning to compose his own music. By the time he left the Arts
Institute, he was already a locally celebrated guitar virtuoso,
able to emulate almost perfectly his father's playing. Word began
to spread throughout Bamako that Ali's successor was emerging. It
was then that Toumani DiabatΘ - the world's premiere kora player -
first took notice of Vieux, and brought him into his performing
ensemble. Recognizing Vieux's abilities, Toumani urged Ali to
accept his son's chosen path. Ali agreed, and under Toumani's
artistic guidance, Vieux flourished. He performed in France and
South Africa and even began to accompany his father on guitar. At
the same time, his own stunning compositions introduced new sounds
and influences into the tradition of desert blues from Northern
Mali.
In 2005, Vieux reconnected with his friend Eric Herman, a North
American musician and producer with whom Vieux had played while he
was a student at the Arts Institute. Both Vieux and Eric realized
that it was time that Vieux record his debut album. They quickly
got to work in the studio. Toumani agreed to contribute his awesome
talent on two of the tracks. Meanwhile Ali - growing increasingly
ill with cancer - offered his final recordings to Vieux's album,
the ultimate expression of approval of his son's path, passing him
the torch with which to light his way.
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