Exquisite seventh studio album by Boureima "Vieux" Farka Touré, Malian singer and sublime guitarist, the player known as ‘the Hendrix of the Sahara’, as well as being the son of Mali’s great Ali Farka Touré. Vieux mixing traditional West African Songhai music of northern Mali known as Desert Blues, previously with jazz and other influences, and the title translates as ‘the roots’. Overall this is an album that reaches into the past and calls for peace, especially on the tracks on Ngala Kaourene and Ndjehene Direne, with momentum in the riffs and catchy call-and-response vocals. As well as these and the title track, highlights include the instrumental L’Âme, with added flute, the desert bluesy Gabou Ni Tie, Adou, and Be Together, but throughout this is sparkling gem box of intricate musicianship and melody. Out on World Circuit.
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