Voyageur, unreleased tracks by Ali Farka Touré in a new posthumous album

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Black and white portrait of a smiling man looking into the distance. He is wearing traditional clothing and has a short, neat haircut, reminiscent of Ali Farka Touré's style.

Nick Gold, World Circuit and Vieux Farka Touré unveil nine new compositions by the great Ali Farka Touré with the album Traveleravailable March 10.

In 2011, the posthumous album Ali & Toumani, in duet with the chorister of Bamako Toumani Diabaté wins a Grammy. Seventeen years after the death of the great Malian master Ali Farka Touré, his World Circuit label delivers – with parsimony – nine original titles. Compiled in the album Travelerthese compositions are added to the impressive discography of Farka, international icon of the Malian wallahidu.