Ali Farka Touré: Voyageur (Album Review)

Layers and layers of legends make up Voyageur, a new installment of previously unreleased recordings by the late Ali Farka Touré and some of his friends and collaborators. Oumou Sangaré, Afel Bocoum, Hama Sankaré, Pee Wee Ellis, and Ali’s son Vieux Farka Touré are just a few of the renowned musicians on hand here with the legendary guitarist. At the production helm are Nick Gold and the younger…

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New Video: Celebrated Malian Musician Afel Bocoum Releases a Gorgeous Glimpse into Malian Life in Visual for "Avion"

New Video: Celebrated Malian Musician Afel Bocoum Releases a Gorgeous Glimpse into Malian Life in Visual for "Avion" @AfelBocoum @WorldCircuit @SACKSCO @Damonalbarn

Afel Bocoum, a celebrated Niafunké, Mali-born and-based singer/songwriter and guitarist is among the last of a breakthrough generation of African artists, who mixed their traditional music with the new sounds that arrived from all over the world during the 20th and 21st centuries. Interestingly, music hasn’t been an easy dream for…

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Malian musician Hama Sankaré

[OFF THE PRESS] Hama Sankaré “Ballébé - Calling All Africans” LP (Clermont Music). #furnacemfg #vinyl #outnow #vinylcommunity — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2Gu1rAy

New Audio: Celebrated Malian Afel Bocoum Releases a Breezy Genre-Defying Single

New Audio: Celebrated Malian Afel Bocoum Releases a Breezy Genre-Defying Single @AfelBocoum @WorldCircuit @SACKSCO @AfelBocoum @WorldCircuit @SACKSCO @Vin_Gordon @SonghoyBlues

  Afel Bocoum, a celebrated Niafunké, Mali-born and-based singer/songwriter and guitarist is among the last of a breakthrough generation of African artists, who have mixed their traditional music with the new sounds that arrived from all overthe world during the 20th and 21st centuries. But interestingly enough, despite the…

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New Video: Celebrated Malian Musician Afel Bocoum Releases a Gorgeous Glimpse into Malian Life in Visual for "Avion"

New Video: Celebrated Malian Musician Afel Bocoum Releases a Gorgeous Glimpse into Malian Life in Visual for "Avion" @AfelBocoum @WorldCircuit @SACKSCO

Afel Bocoum, a celebrated Niafunké, Mali-born and-based singer/songwriter and guitarist is among the last of a breakthrough generation of African artists, who mixed their traditional music with the new sounds that arrived from all over the world during the 20th and 21st centuries. Interestingly, music hasn’t been an easy dream for…

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