Vieux Farka Touré - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Vieux Farka Touré performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 11, 2023
Songs:
Ali Hala Abada
Diarabi
Ngala Kaourene
Adou
Vieux Farka Touré - Vocals, Guitar
Pat Swoboda - Bass
Adama Kone - Drums, Calabash
Host: Larry Mizell Jr.
Audio Engineers: Kevin Suggs, Julian Martlew
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro, Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen
www.vieuxfarkatoure.com
kexp.org

[@Amafaranga300]

Viva Africa! with love from Rwanda

[@JoaqoSkater1]

When love meets air, fire starts In the heart, when fire starts in the heart rain comes from the eyes 📍Barcelona 🌞 🌲 J.C

[@sheilahope603]

This man & his father are magicians on the guitar! making legendary AFRICAN BLUES sounds! I am hooked, They create amazingly soulful real music! and Thank you for the KRUANGBIN collab! love that!

[@SirSnuggleSlut]

For real!!! Roots blues fosho!! I am with the movement

[@ahmdbabikr3509]

هذا الشبل من ذاك الأسد... شكرا توريه نحبكم من السودان 🇸🇩

[@BoubakarSoumana-cq4qk]

Ali Farka Touré n'est pas parti, il est toujours parmi nous à travers son fils Vieux Farka. C'est tout simplement sublime !❤

[@nicolagiuseppe]

West Africa made some of the best artist ever

[@pallovnik]

Thank you Vieux for all the beautiful music.

[@jayanthmanilall3207]

Saw Vieux and these two artists in Calgary this weekend, what a treat!!! Guitar speaks to all my cells!!

[@elfamosoyee]

Good🙌🏽 what a chance ✨🎶🧏🏽‍♂️

[@sirdouglas2010]

Every time I listen to this I love the songs more.

[@TheMightyKingzuru]

Yeah, there you have it. Ali Farka Toure's legacy lives on!

[@trevordoolan5011]

NiceOne❗ Seeing Vieux tonight in Cork City, Ireland ☘ .

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

Beautiful and an amazing back story here, thanks again to the host Larry Mizell Jr. for another amazing show!

[@SaidAfroukh]

El alma de Ali sigue despierta!!🏜❤🎸

[@nah9585]

Ali Farka Toure, bless

[@matthieujoly]

this sound.... just love Vieux Farka Touré;

[@pierre-etiennecollin8858]

Can't wait to see him live in France very soon.

[@alyaais8929]

Je vais le voir en concert au Noumatrouf (à Mulhouse) le samedi 4 avril 😊

[@pierre-etiennecollin8858]

À besançon ce 29 Mars @@alyaais8929

[@KevinC1990]

These guys should have done the intro for "Vikings"

[@VoxDaddy]

I saw him and his band live when he opened for Khruangbin on their recent Space Walk tour. The experience in-person was hypnotic, the whole crowd was in a deep groove. That drum-type instrument (Larry called it a kalabash? - excuse my ignorance on the name) kicks out deep bass when amped and really punches you in the chest. Highly recommended if you get a chance to see him. Also, check out that collab album with Khruangbin - good stuff. P.S. to Larry Mizell Jr. - I've seen quite a few of your videos and you host a good show. Keep up the good work!

[@sheilahope603]

kalabash is a plant/seed grown in Africa, they dry it in the sun & use it as an instrument, checkout the KORA, part of it is from a huge kalabash!

[@VoxDaddy]

@@sheilahope603 Awesome, I love learning interesting new tidbits! Thanks!

[@sheilahope603]

@@VoxDaddy If you listen to SONA JOBARTEH, you will discover wonderful african music sounds, and alot of info, regarding how the Kora instrument is made & played, check her bbc 60 minutes, she has created music accadamies in Gambia to teach hundreds of young musicians! She is an outstandigly talented musician & sucha giving person!

[@bellirellicinderrelli133]

Agreed. I as well was hypnotized

[@dawdasonko2965]

It’s called Calabash it’s carved out of African pumpkin,it can be use as a bowl for food,water and music.

[@Soppybobs]

Love Vieux, respect for having an absolute legend on. Just saw him in Northampton MA

[@Yastakora]

Simplemente hermoso!✨ Beso al corazón🫀

[@djeneciss2329]

Paix à ton âme Boureima Ali TOURÉ 🇲🇱 😭

[@lindalu8565]

Such a lovely discovery! Beautiful.

[@pablovarela5135]

Amazing!!

[@UtopischerPilot]

Amazing. Love it ♥️♥️♥️🤟

[@joshuareid3778]

Saw him in Manchester last week, just unreal

[@dogsigh]

Nice, sooo tight! Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of some old Appalachian tunes

[@sirdouglas2010]

Absolutely lovely and fills your soul!

[@oscars4608]

Saw him last weekend, such insane talent from both him and his father.

[@ajones3569]

Appreciate You All

[@foneco]

Fantastic.

[@jamesculnan3144]

Seems to me that everybody in our world should listen to this music and just chill out . . .

[@rebekkas.9421]

So beautiful ❤

[@itsmrh]

absolutely beautiful

[@panoseddie9975]

Very nice

[@brettg.6060]

Amazing music!

[@py_a_thon]

Ali Farka Toure + his son + spanish classical + the sitar master(Ravi Shankar) + fake throat singing in the mongolian and/or afrikaans style? Did I miss anything? Mali. The ivory coast. Morocco. Francois. Egypt. Algeria. Tunisia. Libya. The Nile river. What else? Edit: I hear some american jazz as well. And perhaps even some Django Reinhardt(gypsy jazz?)... This sound is in someways a universal language if you speak music.

Check Mathias Duplessi from Mongolia

[@py_a_thon]

@ Does he do that epic 2 tonality throat singing? Yeah tho. I'll check that out literally right now.

[@py_a_thon]

@ That is some fire music.

[@estonia3710]

Incredible, just saw him play at Austin Psych Fest!

[@javykmusic]

What a trip!

[@Noneatall246]

This is great :)

[@julianc.6589]

Saw this guy live a few weeks ago, pretty dope

[@drom1c957]

🔥

[@strangestrains.]

wow

[@IBANoBadEyes]

Just like the father ❤

[@sopalacecisse3618]

Vieux harga sê dê à ma dangaï a ma fur yêrsê ha-nga 👂

[@OrganicAlumination]

He's beautiful

[@CPM_3V]

Душевно!

[@py_a_thon]

The mother of the world renowned bassist Victor Wooten said something like: "The world has many great musicians. What the world needs is more good people." That idea seems to be relevant. Also, this music is awesome.

[@gounnisangho8096]

Guitare t’appartient champion ❤

[@DonclarteDontsi]

@13:45 🔥🔥🔥

[@Barberserk]

I wish you had a translator for the interview, to let the artist express himself more freely in his language, or even french perhaps. Thanks for the show!

[@elizabethmast6125]

was thinking the exact same

[@digitalSurge0n]

don't understand the lyrics, but i still love it.

[@coulibalycheick6688]

Tu es digne de ton pere courage

[@andreystarikov1870]

Oh my, he has never resolved the sequence in the first track...that's the difference between the European and African music. Very nice guitar sound.

[@WeraroaWizard]

what do you mean?

[@andreystarikov1870]

@@WeraroaWizard that the harmony has not been resolved

[@DanielGutierrez-xj6vz]

Copado

[@electricaltimelapsetest5713]

Mali psychedelic rock !

[@drewanderson7175]

Beautiful music! Saw him live in Colorado a month ago. Wondering about the calabash and shakers. Does anyone know the shakers that are used? They don't look traditional...LP egg shakers?

[@alexvince461]

Does anyone know what tuning his guitar is in?

[@jeffdixon847]

Ali Hala is in Open G. Diarabi is in standard (just Am to Em)

[@JIYADavidBONA]

Awesome performance. Why is it that most bass players are lanky…? Lol. With the kinds of sounds I’m hearing, I’m grateful to God for the gift of hearing❤

[@mtrisi]

i wouldnt call this guy lanky at all

[@JIYADavidBONA]

@@mtrisi perhaps you are a slim person…?

[@user-zg1xn6fg5w]

Ovo nije običan gitarista, ovaj čovek je zmaj.

[@homie1kenobi95]

the guy on bass is just gonna play A...that is funny as shit

[@MusicForThePeopleofGenerationY]

Generation Y overshadowed the normal everything