ALI FARKA TOURÉ - RED VINYL 7" the sprawling city that grew

the sprawling city that grew organically on the edge of officially white Johannesburg

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who almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for soul music

ALI FARKA TOURÉ - RED VINYL 7" the sprawling city that grew"In 1982, Tour, then still in the early years of his recording career, teamed up with the brilliant percussionist Hama Sankare. Together, from a base in Ali's home village of Niafunk, they traveled through Northern Mali refining a collection of new songs. Intent on recording, they followed the River Niger as it wound down through the desert to the capital city of Bamako. In one afternoon, the great Radio Mali house engineer Boubacar Traore captured