Malian “bluesman” Ali Farka Touré died last night. The story goes that he fell in love with [African-]American blues music and adapted his own native music to that style. The picture to the left is the cover of his collaborative album with Ry Cooder. If you have not heard Touré before, find a site (perhaps last.fm or Amazon) which will let you listen to snippets of “Ai Du”. Its a great song.
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