Vieux Farka Toure

These are the tunes played between segments on The World for Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Vieux Farka Touré of Mali helped produce the music that accompanied the World Cup in 2010. His latest album, ‘Mon Pays’ (My Country), dropped earlier this year and he stopped by The World recently to perform ‘Ay Bakoy,’ the last track.

Tunes played between segments on The World for October 25, 2013 include songs by the following artists: 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Baba Marimba and Vieux Farka Toure. SONG: Sounding ZoneARTIST: 10 Ft. Ganja PlantCD TITLE: SkycatcherCD LABEL: Reachout International Records    SONG: ZendekaiwaARTIST: Baba MarimbaCD TITLE: Tango de los MuertosCD LABEL: babamariba.com     SONG: […]

The song was recorded by JeConte and the Mali All-Stars and a host of other well-known Malian musicians including Khaira Arby and Vieux Farka Toure.

Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Touré are bestselling artists in their respective countries: Israel and Mali. A chance encounter at an airport in Germany led to a collaboration that is now out on CD titled “The Touré-Raichel Collective.”