Ali Farka Touré
Malian singer and multi-instrumentalistWikipedia
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Sep 15, 2026
Greg VandyHOST
Right
Marisa AndersonGUEST
... bring a lot of musicians, non-Western musicians into the West, so I heard Ali Farka Touré for the first time through him, and, um, of course a lot of Cuban music.
Marisa AndersonGUEST
But, but digging a little, a little in, you know, some less obvious spaces, um, I wanna say that over the last 10 or 15 years, I think my awareness about what it means to be an American in the world has grown, and along with that has grown an interest and a curiosity and sort of a dedication to understanding things from other perspectives and not just my own central position.
Greg VandyHOST
Mm-hmm.
Banning EyreGUEST
[gentle music] [singing] The Wassoulou music from the southern part of Mali leading into Guinea and Ivory Coast.
Banning EyreGUEST
[upbeat music] [singing] And of course, the north, uh, Songhai music like Ali Farka Touré-
GianlucaHOST
Mm-hmm
Banning EyreGUEST
... who was marketed in as early as the '70s in France as, as the African bluesman.
Daniel LazarGUEST
I just played random African music and one track started playing.
Daniel LazarGUEST
It was Tumani Diabate with Ali Farka.
Daniel LazarGUEST
And my brain exploded.
Daniel LazarGUEST
I was like, oh my god this guy crazy and i went and i googled saw that he's malian and called sidiki immediately and i asked sidiki do you know this guy and he says yeah yeah i know him is it possible that we get him to record with us yes no no problem it turned out that they were best friends They named their own kids.