{"product_id":"vieux-farka-toure-les-racines-vinyl","title":"VIEUX FARKA TOURE - LES RACINES VINYL","description":"\u003cp\u003e180G HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL PLUS 4 PAGE 12\" BOOKLET\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"After distinguishing himself from his father, the late Ali Farka Touré, Vieux Farka Touré returns to his roots and explores the traditional blues of Northern Mali; desert blues is the umbrella term for the deeply sewn rock and blues that sings across the Saharan desert in unique rhythms and uniting traditions. The title of Vieux Farka Touré's latest album translates as ‘the roots', reinstating his own relationship with the Songhai music of Northern Mali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ad ad--mpu ad--pull\" id=\"90822805theskinnympu-1\" data-google-query-id=\"CMWXiuO9n_gCFRT4aAodasgCWQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/90822805\/theskinny\/\/mpu-1_0__container__\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album breathes in the hot sun and treads delicately with opener Gabou Ni Tie, which features Amadou Bagayoko from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theskinny.co.uk\/music\/interviews\/amadou-mariam-interview-2022\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.theskinny.co.uk\/music\/interviews\/amadou-mariam-interview-2022\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmadou \u0026amp; Mariam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon guitar. This track takes on the journey of rejecting traditional education and echoes the importance of preserving traditional values with a uniting ensemble of 'Iwoimai ni ma gabou ni tie woga'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle track Les Racines teases the mind through a deeper beat and hypnotising guitar picking; it's a full circle of personal exploration, where origins are found the further you delve into the track's layers. With songs like Adou and L'Âme tributing to Touré's own father and son, the album becomes not only an ode to familial connections but a marrying of heritage and community – what it means to belong.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Racines\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal project that reinstates Vieux's own identity and unique skill, while thanking the roots that he grew from.\" theskinny.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VIEUX FARKA TOURE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42919515128052,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0395\/2040\/3623\/products\/1654746076489.jpg?v=1654746178","url":"https:\/\/grevillerecords.com.au\/products\/vieux-farka-toure-les-racines-vinyl","provider":"GrevilleRecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}