Vieux Farka Touré – Fondo

Released: 17/05/2009 Six Degrees

If Vieux Farka Touré’s guitar-playing sounds uncannily similar to the west African kora instrument, that’s because he was mentored by the great kora player Toumani Diabaté. The son of legendary Ali Farka Touré, Vieux really comes into his own on his second album. For more information visit: www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001W63DP0?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca…

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80 %

Guardian“Another great exponent of the African blues...” Ali Farka Touré never wanted his son to be a musician, but he would have been proud to hear this...

80 %

The Times“Consistently excellent...” Feisty new African guitar hero, proud to display his versatility, adding an impressive modern groove to the Saharan blues...

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

80 %

The Telegraph“Full of African teen spirit...” Backing his dark, incantatory voice with everything from kora to jazz drumming, the feel of this second album is earthy, loose, but full of African teen spirit...

80 %

allmusic“Vieux Farka Touré steps out of the shadow of his late...” Touré has created a mature, exciting, and jubilant album, and shows himself already a master...

Uncut“Not yet reviewed”

BBC“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

Pitchfork“Not yet reviewed”

Drowned In Sound“Not yet reviewed”

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