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| Vieux Farka Touré presents his new band at Montreal's Club Soda on Saturday (July 6) and FEQ in Quebec City on Sunday (July 7). |
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| You can get tickets for all of Vieux Farka Touré's upcoming dates from his site right here: https://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/tour. |
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| The songs on Voyageur were recorded by Ali Farka Touré over a 15 year period and include 3 tracks with Oumou Sangaré. |
Here's the scoop...
‘Voyageur’, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, will be released by World Circuit Records on 10th March. It is the first release of unheard Touré material since 2010’s posthumous Grammy-winning ‘Ali & Toumani’, and features a collection of gems captured at various points in Ali’s illustrious career. The album, which features fellow Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré on 3 tracks, reaffirms Ali’s status as a globally revered legend of African music. Produced by World Circuit’s Nick Gold with Ali’s son Vieux Farka Touré, ‘Voyageur’ will be available on 180G vinyl, CD and digitally – pre-order it right here. ‘Safari’, the first track to be taken from the album, is available now. Watch the clip below.
No African musician has made an impact at home and on the international imagination like the great Malian guitarist, singer and spiritual father of the Desert Blues, Ali Farka Touré. From Grammy-winning collaborations with Ry Cooder and kora maestro Toumani Diabaté to gritty lo-fi recordings made in his remote home village, Ali’s inimitable voice and hypnotic guitar playing communicates with listeners with an authority that transcends boundaries of markets, fashions and genres. Sixteen years on from his death, Ali remains a towering figure, one of a handful of great talents – alongside Jimi Hendrix and Fela Kuti – whose music feels perennially vital and relevant, whose charisma burns as brightly after their passing as it did in life.
Ali’s mystique shines on brightly, inspiring listeners around the world and a host of illustrious admirers, including Robert Plant, actor Matthew McConaughey, who based his famous humming chant in the Wolf of Wall Street on one of Ali’s rhythms, and Texas indie-rockers Khruangbin, who recently recorded a collection of Ali’s songs in company with his son Vieux.
Captured spontaneously over the course of 15 years, on the road and in the studio between sessions for other albums, the songs on ‘Voyageur’ were all of immense personal importance to Ali. They reflect his passionate commitment to the creativity and cultural diversity of his homeland, and a life spent in motion, as a traveller – a Voyageur – between the desert stages of Timbuktu, studios of West Hollywood, the concert halls of London and Tokyo, and tiny villages strung out on the Malian riverside, where Ali was – of course – known by everyone.
From pared back, mesmeric grooves in Ali's signature Sonrhaï style to anthemic fishermen's choruses, pulsing hunters' rhythms and an African “noise band” of reverb-laden guitars and lutes (‘Kombo Galia’), ‘Voyageur’ showcases a secret store of songs which Ali built up through his long and varied career, shedding new light on an extraordinary and enigmatic talent. Check out "Safari" below.
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| The updated version of Elides Ochoa's 2020 album – out October 28th – includes three previously unheard bonus tracks. |
Here's the scoop...
The first release will be a Special Edition reissue of Ochoa’s latest album ‘Vamos A Bailar Un Son,’to coincide with the start of Eliades’ European tour on October 28th. Originally released in 2020, the album features Eliades’ interpretations of songs by important Latin American composers like Ñico Saquito and Agustín Lara, as well as two compositions written by Eliades himself, one of which is the title track whose accompanying video has so far clocked over 2.6million views. The new Special Edition will be released on CD, LP and digital formats and features three previously unheard bonus tracks, two of which are also written by Ochoa. You can pre-order it right here.
The first of the 3 bonus tracks, titled ‘Ay Mama Que Bueno’, is available now, along with a brand new video you can watch below followed by a clip for the title track.
Eliades Ochoa on tour in Europe
November 2nd Groningen (Netherlands) Oosterpoort
November 3rd Heerlen (Netherlands) ParkStadt Limburg Theaters
November 5th Rotterdam (Netherlands) De Doelen
November 6th Utrecht (Netherlands) Tivoli Vredenbourg
November 11th London (UK) Barbican Centre
November 12th Gent (Belgium) Handelsbeurs
November 13th Turnhout (Belgium) De Waranda
November 14th Jena (Germany) Volkshaus
November 15th Darmstadt (Germany) Centralstation
November 18th Palencia (Spain) Teatro Ortega
November 19th San Sebastián (Spain) Teatro Victoria Eugenia
November 24th Guadalajara (Spain) Teatro Buero Vallejo
November 25th Zaragoza (Spain) Sala Multiusos
December 2nd Barcelona (Spain) Teatre San Cugat
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| Vieux Farka Touré will be presenting songs from Les Racines in Québec City, Sherbrooke and Gaspé from August 11 to 14th. |
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| Vieux Farka Touré's Les Racines album is available on LP, CD and digitally here: https://WorldCircuit.lnk.to/VFTRacinesFB |
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| Watch the animated clip for "Howkouna" following Ali Farka Touré's original version for his Niafunke album. |
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| The in-studio footage shot by Susan Titelman shows the crucial Buena Vista role played by Barbarito Torres and Eliades Ochoa. |
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| World Circuit is releasing Lindé by Malian guitar great Afel Bocoum on Sept 4. Hear "Dakamana," "Penda Djiga" and "Avion". |
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| After a lengthy hiatus, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab returned in 2002 with the amazing Specialist In All Styles album which this short film documents. |
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| "Ven Conmigo Guajira" & "Ojos Malvados" appear on the World Circuit's super-sized reissue of Ibrahim's Buenos Hermanos out February 28th. |
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| Ali Farka Touré's Savane album – featuring Bassekou Kouyate & Mama Sissoko – has just been reissued on vinyl by World Circuit. |
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| The new version was remastered as a double LP at 45 rpm on 180 gram vinyl by engineer Bernie Grundman. |
