These days the genre of desert blues boasts one of the most vibrant music movements around the world. The bands and musicians that are part of this genre come from an area that is spread across ...

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 ...

Ali Farka Touré the gifted musician and farmer came from Timbuktu Yes there is a place called Timbuktu and its in Africa in the loop of the Niger to be precise As a child Ali never learned to read or ...

DAVID WAS: The death of Malian guitar master Ali Farka Toure last year was a great loss for fans of his blues-drenched sound. MADELEINE BRAND, host: It's musician and DAY TO DAY contributor David Was.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Of the collaboration, which was recorded in London in 1995 and has never ...

On the same day that he performs at Blue Strawberry in St. Louis, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré will release “Ali,” a new collaborative album with the eclectic, groove-heavy Houston trio ...