Vieux Farka Touré - Fondo
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Artist: Vieux Farka TouréEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-05-26
Music Label: Six Degrees
Soundtracks:
- Fafa
- Aï Haïra
- Souba Souba
- Sarama
- Walé
- Slow Jam
- Mali
- Diaraby Magni
- Chérie Lé
- Paradise
- Fafa (Reprise)
Free Music Notes for Fondo
Free Music Review: This is a FANTASTIC album. Only a handful of reviews??!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Just goes to show you there's no justice - if there were, this album would be on every playlist across the U.S. and (various other tripe) you often hear would not be so heavily promoted. Anyway....
I was lucky enough to see Vieux Farka Toure live at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June 2009. The live show was absolutely incredible and I ordered the album as quickly as humanly possible. Since that time I've purchased every other VFT album for sale and honestly, the strides the artist has made in only a couple of years are really mindboggling.
I'd put this album head and shoulders above the original album and 'UFOs'. The difference, to my ear, is the sophistication of the melodies but also VFT's amazing guitar work. Having lived in Nashville for a while, I've been lucky enough to see plenty of performances by masters like Steve Winwood, Bela Fleck and Richard Thompson, and The Police's Andy Summers. Farka Toure, the younger, is well on his way to achieving similar distinction.
Most of my tastes run towards Brazilian artists like Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil and I know very little about contemporary African music, but I'd put this album into a category with the best releases those two artists have to offer. This CD hasn't left my car CD player in some weeks, and likely won't any time soon. BUY IT!
Fondo Poster
Fondo is a solid album that firmly establishes Vieux Farka Toure's place in a long list of world class Malian musicians. His style is typically Malian and like many of his counterparts, he successfully manages, so seamlessly, to fuse the traditional and modern: From the deep blues of Fafa to the achingly beautiful track Paradise, on which he plays a respectful delicate accompaniment to the legendary Kora of Toumani Diabate. Farka Toure's soft vocals compliment the guitar-led blues style. The legacy of modern blues can be heard in his music and his father's before him. A sound of cultural and historical significance, that sense of history and legacy understandably runs throughout this album. With a reputation in his country for being an amazing live performer, Farka Toure has delivered as an artist in his own right. Equally though, a sense of careful respect for his heritage underpins the entire album. Ali Farka Toure's tutelage can be clearly heard and it's a beautifully touching aspect of what is one of the finest albums to come out of Africa this year.International Music CDs
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