The post Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré Announce New Album Ali, Share “Savanne”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. “I want this album to convey love. It is about the love that Ali brought into ...

Khruangbin is collaborating with Vieux Farka Touré to honor the latter’s late father, Malian guitarist, Ali Farka Touré. Their upcoming joint album, called Ali, will recreate the legendary namesake ...

These days the genre of desert blues boasts one of the most vibrant music movements around the world. The bands and musicians that are part of this genre come from an area that is spread across ...

Ali Farka Toure, the Grammy Award-winning musical legend from Mali, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The singer-guitarist gained international fame from his 1994 collaboration with Ry Cooder ...

The Houston trio Khruangbin have spent the past couple years teaming up with the soul singer Leon Bridges, in between releasing a new album of their own, Mordechai. Today, the band has announced ...

DAVID WAS: The death of Malian guitar master Ali Farka Toure last year was a great loss for fans of his blues-drenched sound. MADELEINE BRAND, host: It's musician and DAY TO DAY contributor David Was.

Vieux Farka Touré‘s show at The Haunt April 11 [in Ithaca] turned Sunday into anything but lazy. The Malian guitarist and singer — son of famed guitarist Ali Farka Touré — and his excellent outfit ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Westerners were almost entirely unaware of Tuareg music, ...

Often referred to as "The Hendrix of the Sahara," Vieux Farka Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. Ali Farka ...

In August 2007, New York City based Modiba Productions will release Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako. A stalwart follow-up to his self-titled U.S. debut album (2/13/2007), Vieux Farka Touré ...

When Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré won a Grammy for his 1994 collaboration with Ry Cooder, Talking Timbuktu, his reputation as the “African John Lee Hooker” spread worldwide. But Touré ...

Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré have announced a new collaborative album. Ali is in honor of Vieux’s late father Ali Farka Touré; the artists recreate and pay homage to his work across the new album.