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Vieux Farka Touré

MODIBA recording artist

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Member Since: 6/30/2006
Band Website: vieuxfarkatoure.com
Band Members: VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, calabash, percussion

ALI FARKA TOURÉ: electric guitar

TOUMANI DIABATÉ: kora

ISSA BAMBA: vocals

Bassekou Kouyaté: ngoni

Seckou Touré: vocals

Mamadou Fofana: bass guitar, flute

Adama Diarra: djembe

Tim Keiper: drums, percussion

Hassey Sarré: njarka (spike fiddle)

Mahamadou Koné: tama (talking drum)

Princesse Prisca Benita: backing vocals

Alou Coulibaly: calabash

Eric Herman: guitar, bass guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, percussion

Dave Ahl: organ, clavinet, glockenspiel

Matt Hilgenberg: trumpet

Reinhardt Schuhmann: tenor saxophone

Joe M.F. Wilson: alto saxophone
Influences: Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate
Sounds Like: Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Boubacar "Kar Kar" Traore, Tinariwen, Salif Keita, Baaba Maal, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore
Record Label: MODIBA
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FRIDAY: Remixed release party @ Cielo -- NYCs hottest dance club

Album availabie now:CDiTunesRELEASE PARTY for " Vieux Farka Toure Remixed: UFO's Over Bamako" @Cielo -- one of NYC's hottest dance clubs! Featuring Vieux remixersNickodemus (of Turntables on the Huds...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:24:00 PST

Aug. 28th: Vieux Farka Toure REMIXED available NOW!

http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.comOn August 28th, 2007, MODIBA released "Vieux Farka Toure Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako." . A stalwart follow-up to his self-titled U.S. debut album (2/13/2007), Vieux Farka ...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:20:00 PST

REMIX exclusives -- download only

In anticipation of the Summer 2007 release of "Vieux Farka Toure Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako" we have pre-released a number of the tracks for download exclusives from some of today's hottest online bout...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:00:00 PST

New tracks posted

So after realizing that we've had the same four tracks on MySpace for the past however many months, I finally changed them up for all the Vieux fans out there.So this extra special MySpace edition has...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:43:00 PST

CONFIRMED: New Works African Dance Troupe @ Pacha

CONFIRMED: The New Works dance troupe of Brown University, featuring original choreography based on traditional Malian dance, will perform prior to Vieux Farka Toure's performance @ the Pacha release ...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST

Release party @ Pacha NYC

Dear Friends,Please join us for an historic and memorable night of music, dancing, and chilling out.In anticipation of his debut album and first North American tour, Malian artist Vieux Farka Toure, s...
Posted by Vieux Farka Touré on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:31:00 PST