Ali Farka Touré

The 30 Best Album Re-Issues of 2023
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The 30 Best Album Re-Issues of 2023

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 / 22 December 2023

The year’s best album re-issues include rock legends, essential R&B/soul artists, classic pop, jazz, alternative rock, global beats and so much more.

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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’
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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’

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 / 5 June 2023

Connections with Jack White and Daniel Lanois are great, but West African blues collective Tinariwen had to navigate Covid and political unrest to deliver their surprisingly exuberant new LP.

New Ali Farka Touré Music Surfaces on Star-Studded ‘Voyageur’
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New Ali Farka Touré Music Surfaces on Star-Studded ‘Voyageur’

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 / 9 March 2023

Voyageur is as complete and wondrous an album as anything Ali Farka Touré put out during his lifetime, in no small part due to the work of his son, Vieux.

Rokia Traoré: Né So
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Rokia Traoré: Né So

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 / 25 April 2016
With her latest album, Malian singer-songwriter Traoré has made something beautiful and moving from the traumas of war and personal crises
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to African Blues
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Various Artists: The Rough Guide to African Blues

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 / 16 December 2014
Yes, there's already been one Rough Guide to African Blues. But don't go thinking this is more of the same.
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Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Desert Blues

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 / 18 November 2010
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Khaïra Arby: Timbuktu Tarab

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 / 6 October 2010
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Vieux Farka Touré: Fondo

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 / 31 May 2009
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Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali

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 / 8 September 2008
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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue

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 / 11 November 2007
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Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Blues

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 / 28 May 2007
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Various Artists: Festival in the Desert

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 / 12 January 2004