When Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré won a Grammy for his 1994 collaboration with Ry Cooder, Talking Timbuktu, his reputation as the “African John Lee Hooker” spread worldwide. But Touré ...

Ali Farka Toure, the Grammy Award-winning musical legend from Mali, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The singer-guitarist gained international fame from his 1994 collaboration with Ry Cooder ...

Like father, like son, Vieux Farka Tour recently worked with producer/guitarist Ry Cooder for the soundtrack of the upcoming Mike Nichols film, Charlie Wilson's War. Ali Farka Tour's 1994 Grammy ...

Voyageur, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, is out March 10 on World Circuit Records. In anticipation of the forthcoming record World Circuit is debuting ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Westerners were almost entirely unaware of Tuareg music, ...

In August 2007, New York City based Modiba Productions will release Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako. A stalwart follow-up to his self-titled U.S. debut album (2/13/2007), Vieux Farka Touré ...

Perhaps you're aware, perhaps you're not, but yesterday's music news was dominated by the deaths of two individually remarkable talents. Ali Farka Toure (pictured), one of Africa's most famous ...