Tag Archives: Ali Farka Touré / Toum – In the Heart of the Moo

A master from the kora (21-string Western African harp), Toumani Diabaté has taken the original music of his indigenous Mali to the eye of a global audience with some well-received single albums plus some improbable, but acclaimed, collaborations. Although he originated from a family group of music artists, Diabaté (created …

Probably one of the most internationally successful Western African musicians from the ’90s, Ali Farka Touré was referred to as “the African John Lee Hooker” thus many times it probably started to grate on both Touré’s and Hooker’s nerves. There’s a large amount of truth towards the assessment, however, and …