Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Biography
He was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau, on the banks of the Niger River in Gourma-Rharous Cercle in the northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. His family moved to the nearby village of Niafunké when he was still an infant. He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy. "The name I was given was Ali Ibrahim, but it's a custom in Africa to give a child a strange nickname if you have had other children who have died", Touré was quoted as saying in a biography on his Record Label, World Circuit Records. His nickname, "Farka", chosen by his parents, means "donkey", an animal admired for its tenacity and stubbornness: "Let me make one thing clear. I'm the donkey that nobody climbs on!" Ethnically, he was part Songrai, part Fula.
Toumani Diabaté (born August 10, 1965) is a Maliankora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles.
Biography
Diabaté comes from a long family tradition of kora players including his father Sidiki Diabaté, who recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. His family's oral tradition tells of 70 generations of musicians preceding him in a patrilineal line. His cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family. His younger brother Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a prominent kora player.
In 1987, Diabate made his first appearance on an album in the UK, on Ba Togoma, an album featuring his father's ensemble. In 1988 Diabaté released his first album in the West, a solo album entitled Kaira, recorded in one afternoon in London and produced by Lucy Durán.
In addition to performing Malian traditional music, Diabaté has also performed and recorded in cross-cultural settings. He has collaborated with flamenco group Ketama, forming a combined group known as Songhai and releasing two recordings: Songhai I and Songhai II. In 1999, Diabaté collaborated with American blues musician Taj Mahal on the release Kulanjan. "MALIcool" is a collaboration with American jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd. He also collaborated with the Icelandic popular musician Björk on her 2007 album Volta.
Ali is a South Indian actor who has acted in more than 1000 films in the Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood film industries. He is a regular actor in Puri Jagannadh movies. The Academy of Global Peace conferred an honorary doctorate on Ali on 25 May 2013 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Early life
Ali was born in a poor family in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. His father was a tailor and his mother was a housewife. He has one brother named Khayyum, who is also an actor. He married on 23 January 1994 at Mandapeta,and has two daughters and a son (Mohd. Fathima Rameezun, Mohd Abdul Subhan & Zuveria Meethi)
Career
Ali came into the movie industry with the help of Jitu Mohan Mitra, Rajahmundry's musical company. He went to Chennai when director Bharathi Raja was looking for child actors for his movie "Seethakoka Chiluka", and was given a role. As a child Ali acted in several movies. When he was too old to be a child actor he became a comedian in Tollywood.
Director S. V. Krishna Reddy gave him comic roles in his movies, creating new roles for him. Ali developed his own style, which was popularly known as Chaata. Ali acted in Kannada movie Super (2010 Kannada film).
Hassan is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it becoming clear early on that they were innocent.
Combatant Status Review Tribunals
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants—rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
The Wheels Up Tour presented by Quicken Loans was the fourth headlining tour by American country music trio, Lady Antebellum. The tour is in support of their sixth studio album, 747 (2014) that began on February 28, 2015, in Oslo, Norway, and concluded on October 3, 2015, in Las Vegas. It was the forty-fifth ranked show of 2015, according to Pollstar and grossed $23.2 million.
Background
On January 6, 2015, while appearing on The Talk, the trio first announced the tour with cities being announced shortly after. Lady Antebellum will take the tour to Europe, Australia and North America. In North America the tour will be a part of Live Nation's Country Megaticket. The tour's name "Wheels Up" is played off from the title of the band's current album, 747, like a plane taking off.
Band member Charles Kelley says about the tour, "The magic of being with fans from all over the country is really why we're ultimately all here." "Being able to play off each other on that stage is honestly where we have the most fun, and I have a feeling the crowd will already be on their feet when we get out there after starting the night with Hunter and Sam!"
Toumani and Sidiki Diabate performing « Jarabi »
Produced by Noise Chamber
Directed by David Bross
Recorded at : Le Rocher de Palmer (France)
published: 20 Oct 2014
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Debe live at Bozar
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Live recording of the song 'Debe', from Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's first album 'In the heart of the moon'.
Filmed at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, in 2005.
For more information including sound samples, videos, image gallery, album artwork, tour dates and more.go to
www.aliandtoumani.com
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure_&_Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/AliFarkaToure
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at amazon http://tinyurl.com/76qpn3a
iTunes - http://bit.ly/kPdpK5
published: 19 May 2011
Toumani Diabaté Jarabi live 1989
On Big World Café
published: 19 Mar 2020
Toumani Diabaté repose en paix
published: 21 Jul 2024
Jarabi
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Jarabi · Toumani Diabaté
Kaira
℗ Chrysalis Records Limited
Released on: 1988-01-01
Artist: Toumani Diabaté
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published: 08 Feb 2020
Toumani Diabaté - Cantelowes live at El Real Alcazar
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This performance of 'Cantelowes' is from the recent live World Premiere of "The Mandé Variations" at the prestigious El Real Alcazar de Sevilla in Spain which left the audience spellbound and was described by the The Independent as "a performance that surpasses anything....for sheer scale of ambition and technical achievement."
For more information go to
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at http://tinyurl.com/7uonwe2
published: 25 Mar 2008
Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - BBC 2 Live Session (Glastonbury 2014)
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki performing 'Rachid Ouiguini' from their new album 'Toumani & Sidiki' on BBC's Live Sessions from Glastonbury 2014. http://toumaniandsidiki.com
http://worldcircuit.co.uk
Available direct: http://toumaniandsidiki.com | iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ToumaniSidiki
published: 01 Jul 2014
Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra interprètent "Mali Sadio"
Lors du Bal poussière organisé le 17 février 2018 à la Fondation Cartier à Paris, Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra ont interprété le titre "Mali Sadio".
published: 02 Mar 2018
Almamy bah chez Toumani Diabaté N-2
published: 01 Dec 2024
Toumani Diabate playing the kora in New Delhi. Saturday, Dec 3, Nehru Park
Знаменитый малийский музыкант Тумани Диабате выступил на концерте в делийском Неру Парке. Лауреат трех премий Грэмми исполнил несколько виртуозных композиций на африканской лире, именуемой кора.
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Live recording of the song 'Debe', from Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's first album...
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Live recording of the song 'Debe', from Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's first album 'In the heart of the moon'.
Filmed at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, in 2005.
For more information including sound samples, videos, image gallery, album artwork, tour dates and more.go to
www.aliandtoumani.com
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure_&_Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/AliFarkaToure
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at amazon http://tinyurl.com/76qpn3a
iTunes - http://bit.ly/kPdpK5
SUBSCRIBE TO WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS: http://smarturl.it/sub2worldcircuit
Live recording of the song 'Debe', from Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's first album 'In the heart of the moon'.
Filmed at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, in 2005.
For more information including sound samples, videos, image gallery, album artwork, tour dates and more.go to
www.aliandtoumani.com
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure_&_Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/AliFarkaToure
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at amazon http://tinyurl.com/76qpn3a
iTunes - http://bit.ly/kPdpK5
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Jarabi · Toumani Diabaté
Kaira
℗ Chrysalis Records Limited
Released on: 1988-01-01
Artist: Toumani ...
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Jarabi · Toumani Diabaté
Kaira
℗ Chrysalis Records Limited
Released on: 1988-01-01
Artist: Toumani Diabaté
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Jarabi · Toumani Diabaté
Kaira
℗ Chrysalis Records Limited
Released on: 1988-01-01
Artist: Toumani Diabaté
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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This performance of 'Cantelowes' is from the recent live World Premiere of "The Mandé V...
SUBSCRIBE TO WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS: http://smarturl.it/sub2worldcircuit
This performance of 'Cantelowes' is from the recent live World Premiere of "The Mandé Variations" at the prestigious El Real Alcazar de Sevilla in Spain which left the audience spellbound and was described by the The Independent as "a performance that surpasses anything....for sheer scale of ambition and technical achievement."
For more information go to
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at http://tinyurl.com/7uonwe2
SUBSCRIBE TO WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS: http://smarturl.it/sub2worldcircuit
This performance of 'Cantelowes' is from the recent live World Premiere of "The Mandé Variations" at the prestigious El Real Alcazar de Sevilla in Spain which left the audience spellbound and was described by the The Independent as "a performance that surpasses anything....for sheer scale of ambition and technical achievement."
For more information go to
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at http://tinyurl.com/7uonwe2
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki performing 'Rachid Ouiguini' from their new album 'Toumani & Sidiki' on BBC's Live Sessions from Glastonbury 2014. http://to...
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki performing 'Rachid Ouiguini' from their new album 'Toumani & Sidiki' on BBC's Live Sessions from Glastonbury 2014. http://toumaniandsidiki.com
http://worldcircuit.co.uk
Available direct: http://toumaniandsidiki.com | iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ToumaniSidiki
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki performing 'Rachid Ouiguini' from their new album 'Toumani & Sidiki' on BBC's Live Sessions from Glastonbury 2014. http://toumaniandsidiki.com
http://worldcircuit.co.uk
Available direct: http://toumaniandsidiki.com | iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ToumaniSidiki
Lors du Bal poussière organisé le 17 février 2018 à la Fondation Cartier à Paris, Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra ont interprété le titre "Mali Sadio"...
Lors du Bal poussière organisé le 17 février 2018 à la Fondation Cartier à Paris, Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra ont interprété le titre "Mali Sadio".
Lors du Bal poussière organisé le 17 février 2018 à la Fondation Cartier à Paris, Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra ont interprété le titre "Mali Sadio".
Знаменитый малийский музыкант Тумани Диабате выступил на концерте в делийском Неру Парке. Лауреат трех премий Грэмми исполнил несколько виртуозных композиций на...
Знаменитый малийский музыкант Тумани Диабате выступил на концерте в делийском Неру Парке. Лауреат трех премий Грэмми исполнил несколько виртуозных композиций на африканской лире, именуемой кора.
Знаменитый малийский музыкант Тумани Диабате выступил на концерте в делийском Неру Парке. Лауреат трех премий Грэмми исполнил несколько виртуозных композиций на африканской лире, именуемой кора.
SUBSCRIBE TO WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS: http://smarturl.it/sub2worldcircuit
Live recording of the song 'Debe', from Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté's first album 'In the heart of the moon'.
Filmed at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, in 2005.
For more information including sound samples, videos, image gallery, album artwork, tour dates and more.go to
www.aliandtoumani.com
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Ali_Farka_Toure_&_Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/AliFarkaToure
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at amazon http://tinyurl.com/76qpn3a
iTunes - http://bit.ly/kPdpK5
Provided to YouTube by Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Jarabi · Toumani Diabaté
Kaira
℗ Chrysalis Records Limited
Released on: 1988-01-01
Artist: Toumani Diabaté
Auto-generated by YouTube.
SUBSCRIBE TO WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS: http://smarturl.it/sub2worldcircuit
This performance of 'Cantelowes' is from the recent live World Premiere of "The Mandé Variations" at the prestigious El Real Alcazar de Sevilla in Spain which left the audience spellbound and was described by the The Independent as "a performance that surpasses anything....for sheer scale of ambition and technical achievement."
For more information go to
http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk/#Toumani_Diabate
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toumani-Diabate/9367807876
Buy the music at http://tinyurl.com/7uonwe2
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki performing 'Rachid Ouiguini' from their new album 'Toumani & Sidiki' on BBC's Live Sessions from Glastonbury 2014. http://toumaniandsidiki.com
http://worldcircuit.co.uk
Available direct: http://toumaniandsidiki.com | iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ToumaniSidiki
Lors du Bal poussière organisé le 17 février 2018 à la Fondation Cartier à Paris, Toumani Diabaté et le Symmetric Orchestra ont interprété le titre "Mali Sadio".
Знаменитый малийский музыкант Тумани Диабате выступил на концерте в делийском Неру Парке. Лауреат трех премий Грэмми исполнил несколько виртуозных композиций на африканской лире, именуемой кора.
Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Biography
He was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau, on the banks of the Niger River in Gourma-Rharous Cercle in the northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. His family moved to the nearby village of Niafunké when he was still an infant. He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy. "The name I was given was Ali Ibrahim, but it's a custom in Africa to give a child a strange nickname if you have had other children who have died", Touré was quoted as saying in a biography on his Record Label, World Circuit Records. His nickname, "Farka", chosen by his parents, means "donkey", an animal admired for its tenacity and stubbornness: "Let me make one thing clear. I'm the donkey that nobody climbs on!" Ethnically, he was part Songrai, part Fula.