Ali Farka TOURÉ - The River 1990

Ali Farka TOURÉ - The River 1990
Label:World Circuit

Blues

Ali Farka Toure was born in 1949 in Niafounke into a North Malian noble family who trace their roots back to the Spanish Moors who first crossed the Sahara to control the salt and gold trade. In 1956, after a chance meeting with the director of Guinea's National Ballet, Keita Fodeba, Toure made the decision to learn the guitar.
It was a prescient choice as today Toure is known as the Bluesman of Africa because of his highly distinctive blues style that's a cross-mix of the Arabic-influenced Malian sound with American blues reminicent of bluesmen such as John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Big Joe Williams. He most commonly tours with his brother on calabash, and cousin on congas
From The African Music Encyclopedia.
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Many commentators have noted how Touré plays in a style uncannily close to the original Delta blues of Robert Johnson and his successors. This coincidence, picked up on by British world music critics and broadcasters in the late 80s, gave him a flush of popularity in Europe and the USA. His first tour to the UK in 1987 was followed by return visits in the following two years. Linking with World Circuit Records, Touré issued two acclaimed early 90s albums, The River and The Source. The first featured musicians such as Rory McLeod, Steve Williamson, Séan Keane and Kevin Conneff of the Chieftains. The second was an even better selection, boasting the services of Taj Mahal, Nana Tsiboe
and Nitin Sawhney.
From NME.
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Ali Farka Touré- (Vocals; Electric Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; N'jarka)
Amadou Cisse- (Calabash; Percussion; Vocals)
Mamaye Kouyate- (N'goni 3,7)
Rory McLeod- (Harmonica 4)
Seane Keane- (Fiddle 2; Bodhran 2)
Kevin Conneff- (Fiddle 2;Bodhran 2)
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01. Ai Bine 6:17
02. Kenouna 4:58
03. Toungere 7:28
04. Heygana (Touré) 5:55
05. Jungou 7:21
06. Goydiotodam 6:22
07. Lobo 6:40
08. Tamala 8:03
09. Boyrei 5:18
10. Tangambara 5:18
11. Instrumental 2:58
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