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Ali Farka Touré

Blues
Blues

Ali Farka Touré is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of John Lee Hooker. Those roots explain a lot about how Ali Farka Touré arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Cheikh Lô, Orchestra Baobab and Tinariwen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Idan Raichel, Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin, Devendra Banhart and Rokia Traoré, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Ali Farka Touré, reaching back through John Lee Hooker and forward to Idan Raichel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ali Farka TouréJohn Lee HookerIdan RaichelVieux Farka TouréKhruangbinDevendra BanhartRokia TraoréJunior KimbroughAfel BocoumThe Idan Raichel Pro…Vieux Farka TouréToumani DiabatéCheikh LôOrchestra BaobabTinariwenAmadou & MariamBaaba MaalGeoffrey Oryema

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Ali Farka Touré connections

Ali Farka Touré grew out of John Lee Hooker, shares an orbit with Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Cheikh Lô and Orchestra Baobab, went on to shape Idan Raichel, Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin and Devendra Banhart. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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