Ali Farka Touré

guitar, vocals

Malian guitarist and singer, who died on 7 March 2006 at the age of 66 from bone cancer. Talking Timbuktu (1994), recorded with Ry Cooder, made him known to Western audiences and earned him a Grammy; In the Heart of the Moon earned him a second.

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Styles

• Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz

Landmark tracks

• Bonde (1994)
• Soukora (1994)
• Gomni (1994)
• Diaraby (1994)

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