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The 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2022

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The 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2022

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Adriane Pontecorvo

/ 7 December 2022

The best global music albums demonstrate how much art comes specifically from connections between people and the importance of the places they bring with them.

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Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré Embraces His Roots on ‘Les Racines’

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Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré Embraces His Roots on ‘Les Racines’

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Adriane Pontecorvo

/ 11 August 2022

On Les Racines, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré looks in many directions at once, and while doing so, shares integral parts of his musical world with us.

The 15 Best World Music Albums of 2010

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The 15 Best World Music Albums of 2010

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Richard Elliott

/ 27 April 2020

Africa dominated the world music scene in 2010 -- or at least, it dominated Western perceptions of what "world music" might be. That said, the new vinyl archeology could be seen at work in all areas and all eras of recorded music.

The Touré-Raichel Collective: New York – 18 November 2014

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The Touré-Raichel Collective: New York – 18 November 2014

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/ 2 December 2014

The audience hears wonderfully evocative global music between Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Touré as they collaborate unrehearsed on stage.

Vieux Farka Touré returns to NYC as part of Live@365 Series

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Vieux Farka Touré returns to NYC as part of Live@365 Series

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/ 17 September 2013

Live@365 brings Vieux Farka Touré and other global musicians to the Graduate Center at CUNY. DakhaBrakha kicks off the series Thursday.

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Vieux Farka Touré: Fondo

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/ 31 May 2009