Being that his native mali has been splintered by territorial fighting between tuareg and islamic rebels since january 2012, his new album, mon pays, is devoted to reminding. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional malian music and its north american cousin, the blues. Being that his native mali had recently been splintered by territorial fighting between tuareg and islamic rebels since january 2012, mon pays was devoted to reminding the world about the beauty and culture of his. With live, vieux farka toure makes a great leap toward becoming the first african electric guitar player to be a western rock star. Vieux farka toure listen on deezer music streaming. Most of the pieces are composed and arranged by vieux himself, as are the lyrics. Mon pays is an album of great complexity, expressing joy, sorrow, and wonderment. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists. Vieux farka toures beautiful latest album was recorded as an homage to his homeland. Im a fan of vieux farka toure as well as other malian musicians and listened to his debut after hearing his latest album mon pays. The accolades vieux has gathered as one of our best new guitarists are well deserved he is one to savor and follow. Event in maribor, slovenia by festival lent and 3 others on friday, june 29 2018 with 108 people interested and 32 people going. Mon pays presents a new way of looking at the family dynamic as a shared, continuing lineage. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Being that his native mali has been splintered by territorial fighting. He is the son of grammywinning malian musician ali farka toure.
Son of the late pioneer malian blues guitarist ali farka toure, vieux ignored his fathers advice that the life of a musician is difficult and that he should become a. Buy tickets for vieux farka toure concerts near you. The title, french for my country, refers to his native mali, and serves as a reminder of its beauty and culture, even in the midst of the territorial conflict between tuareg and islamic populations that have threatened it since january 2012. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Whatever the outcome for the people of mali, the rest of the world should feel fortunate to. The compulsively listenenable collection feels like his conscious effort to wrap his. Ali farka toure didnt want his son vieux to become a musician, but desert blues fans the world over should be thanking their lucky stars that cooler heads including toumani diabates prevailed. In 20, vieux farka toures beautiful and critically acclaimed latest album mon pays was released as an homage to his homeland. Video by amanda kowalski, sonia narang, and annie sfler. Intrigued, he promised to return the following year.
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