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Live (Album) by Vieux Farka Touré

Artist Biography For Vieux Farka Touré

Vieux Farka Touré Is A Malian Singer And Guitarist And Son Of One Of The African Continent's Most Internationally Renowned Musicians Ali Farka Touré. Since His Childhood Vieux Farka Touré Has Been Deeply Inspired By The Music Of His Father Ali Farka Touré. Growing Up In Mali's Capital Bamako As Well As In His Father's Hometown Of Niafunké In The Sahara Desert - Both Teeming With Rich Musical Life - Vieux Proved Himself A Precocious Talent As A Drummer And Calabash Player. Ali However Grew Concerned About His Son's Future As He Observed His Son's Budding Musical Gifts. Having Long Suffered In The Music Industry Himself Before Finally Finding A Home With World Circuit Records Ali Did Not Want His Son To Have To Have To Face The Same Hardships. He Forbade Vieux To Play Music And Decided That Vieux Should Become A Soldier Instead. Vieux As Stubborn As His Father's Moniker FARKA Donkey Suggested Began Instead To Play Along With His Father's Recordings In Hiding Determined To Pursue His Musical Aspirations. In 1999 Vieux -- Now A Young Man -- Decided To Take His Destiny Into His Own Hands. He Enrolled In The National Arts Institute In Bamako Openly Defying His Father's Wishes. It Was There That Vieux Truly Discovered His Musical Calling Picking Up The Guitar And Beginning To Compose His Own Music. By The Time He Left The Arts Institute He Was Already A Locally Celebrated Guitar Virtuoso Able To Emulate Almost Perfectly His Father's Playing. Word Began To Spread Throughout Bamako That Ali's Successor Was Emerging. It Was Then That Toumani Diabaté - The World's Premiere Kora Player - First Took Notice Of Vieux And Brought Him Into His Performing Ensemble. Recognizing Vieux's Abilities Toumani Urged Ali To Accept His Son's Chosen Path. Ali Agreed And Under Toumani's Artistic Guidance Vieux Flourished. He Performed In France And South Africa And Even Began To Accompany His Father On Guitar. At The Same Time His Own Stunning Compositions Introduced New Sounds And Influences Into The Tradition Of Desert Blues From Northern Mali. In 2005 Vieux Reconnected With His Friend Eric Herman A North American Musician And Producer With Whom Vieux Had Played While He Was A Student At The Arts Institute. Both Vieux And Eric Realized That It Was Time That Vieux Record His Debut Album. They Quickly Got To Work In The Studio. Toumani Agreed To Contribute His Awesome Talent On Two Of The Tracks. Meanwhile Ali - Growing Increasingly Ill With Cancer - Offered His Final Recordings To Vieux's Self-Titled Debut Album The Ultimate Expression Of Approval Of His Son's Path Passing Him The Torch With Which To Light His Way. Since Then Vieux Has Released Two More Studio Albums Fondo 2009 And The Secret 2011 A Remix Album UFOs Over Bamako 2008 And A Live Album LIVE 2010 .

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