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Ali Farka Touré

Ali Farka Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Read more on Last.fm

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# Title Plays
1Ruby
187874
2Savane
137498
3Ai Du (With Ry Cooder)
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4Ai Du
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5Machengoidi
90711
6Allah Uya
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7Erdi
67715
8Yer Bounda Fara
66315
9Mali Dje
65846
10Penda Yoro
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