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Ali Farka Touré
Timbuktu, Mali • 1939-10-31 – 2006-03-07
Ali Farka Touré is credited on 109 releases across 50 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
109
Pressings credited
50
Albums
6
Decades active
52
In collections
Biography
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Some years after his death, a group of musicians playing in his style performed as the Ali Farka Touré Allstars (2012), and later the Ali Farka Touré Band (formed 2014).
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Credited work
109 releases · 50 albums · active 1976–2020
- Performance · 561
- Other credits · 77
- Production · 19
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Cold Storage · Ocean Way Recording · Fire House (2) · The Town And Country Club, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ali
2022
Talking Timbuktu
1994
Ali Toure "Farka"
1976
Voyageur
2023
Ali Toure Farka
1988
Ali Farka Toure
1984
The Source
1992
Ali And Toumani
2010
Africa : 50 Years Of Music (1960/2010 : 50 Ans D'Indépendances)
2010
Back To Mine
2003
The River
1990
Ali Farka Touré
1987
Special Biennale Du Mali: Le Jeune Chansonnier Du Mali
1976
The Secret
2011
Alkibar
1999
Bamako
1994
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