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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tonight Tonight in Music: Vieux Farka Toure, Publish the Quest, and More
Posted by Kaleb Gubernick on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Vieux Farka Touré, Publish the Quest(Neumos) Malian singer/guitarist Vieux Farka Touré carries on the vaunted legacy of his guitar-playing and singing father Ali, nimbly picking out distinctly cyclical African blues notes and chords that spellbind with their deceptively simple beauty. Vieux is coming off a little gig he did at the World Cup in Johannesburg before about a billion people, so forgive him if he seems a bit cocky on Neumos' stage. He's supporting a live album on Six Degrees Records titled, um, Live, which chimes, rambles, and emotes with an easygoing demeanor while still communicating the time-immemorial melancholy of the blues. It's that old uplift-through-downtrodden-ness trope into which many of history's best musicians tap. Yes, it's an old trick, but it rarely gets old, and VFT is a master at it. DAVE SEGAL
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