Vieux Farka Touré’s father had other plans for him. The elder Touré, the late, legendary Malian musician Ali Farka Touré, wanted his son to be a soldier. “I come from a family that is traditionally a ...

The great African guitarist Ali Farka Toure discouraged his children from following him into the music business. But one of his sons secretly learned to play the guitar anyway. Now Vieux Farka Toure ...

A unique tale of a world respected musician, who deep in his heart considered himself but a humble farmer. Ali Farka Touré was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau on the banks of the River Niger in ...

Since he’s now retired from professional music, we have to take what we can get of famed Malian blues musician Ali Farka Toure. On the double-disc Red & Green, Nonesuch—the label that generously ...

Since the late, legendary Ali Farka Touré first brought the music of Mali to widespread attention in the mid-1980s, the western African nation’s musicians have beguiled listeners worldwide with their ...

Bedridden and in the final stages of bone cancer, the great Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure made one last recording in 2005 - a collaboration with his son Vieux that required people to carry the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But Vieux is no mere shadow of his father. In fact, Ali initially discouraged him ...

NPR's Shannon Bond talks with Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure, known as "the Hendrix of the Sahara," about his new album. One of the leading exports from the landlocked West African country of Mali ...

Two-time Grammy Award-winning African musical giant Ali Farka Toure of Mali died Tuesday after a long illness, Mali's Culture Ministry announced. He was in his late 60s. Two-time Grammy Award winner ...

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.