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Vieux Farka Toure
Fondo: The Road
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Release date: 18-05-2009
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Catalogue Number: 6570361158
Label: sixdegrees
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Apr 2009
Vieux Farka Touré, the son of the great Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré, has already stepped out from his late father's shadow. Ali proved that the soul of the blues could be found in West Africa. Vieux, however, is turning heads with a more radical idea: that those western Saharan roots can be heard in everything from the jam band scene to Jamaican dub.
'Fondo', Vieux's newest effort, is more than a stirring mix of traditional instruments and a world music artist embracing the sounds of rock, it is the sound of a young man coming into his own.
In fact, Vieux's career in music would never have happened, if his illustrious parent had his way. Ali felt that the music business was a harsh place to work. But young Vieux found a mentor in Toumani Diabate, and his own guitar skills eventually convinced the elder Farka Touré that a second generation of family musicians was inevitable. This is music from a contemporary Africa – urban, sophisticated, globally connected but deeply proud of its ancient heritage. This is the old/new Africa that Vieux represents. 'Fondo' is the music of an Africa that rocks, and yet still hears the camel's tread in the sand.
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track listing
- 1. Fafa
- 2. Ai Haira
- 3. Souba Souba
- 4. Sarama
- 5. Wale
- 6. Slow Jam
- 7. Mali
- 8. Diaraby Magni
- 9. Cherie Le
- 10. Paradise-Feat. Toumani Diabate
- 11. Fafa [Reprise]
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