Ali Farka Touré

“Baliky Lalo“ and “La Drogue“ and “Cheri“

RIP, Ali.

Ali Farka Touré was perhaps the most influential and widely celebrated African musician in history. He adapted his ancestral music to the 6-string guitar. The results are brilliant. I won’t say much more, there’s been more than enough written on Ali in the last while. I’m too lazy to link most of it here, but you can get a good start with NPR’s tribute piece and Banning Eyre’s Village Voice obit.

Side note: this tape reminds me of John Fahey, another enormously influential late folk/roots guitar hero.

A good record that includes music from this era of his career.