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Vieux Farka Touré

Blues
Blues

Vieux Farka Touré is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of John Scofield, Yossi Fine, The Idan Raichel Project, Iyeoka and Idan Raichel. Those roots explain a lot about how Vieux Farka Touré arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toumani Diabaté, Amadou & Mariam, Samba Touré, Songhoy Blues and Baaba Maal, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Idan Raichel Project and Idan Raichel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Vieux Farka Touré, reaching back through John Scofield and forward to The Idan Raichel Project. 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
Vieux Farka TouréJohn ScofieldYossi FineThe Idan Raichel Pro…IyeokaIdan RaichelAli Farka TouréKhruangbinToumani DiabatéThe Idan Raichel Pro…Idan RaichelToumani DiabatéAmadou & MariamSamba TouréSonghoy BluesBaaba MaalCheikh LôGeoffrey OryemaFrancis Bebey

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Vieux Farka Touré connections

Vieux Farka Touré grew out of John Scofield, Yossi Fine, The Idan Raichel Project and Iyeoka, shares an orbit with Toumani Diabaté, Amadou & Mariam, Samba Touré and Songhoy Blues, went on to shape The Idan Raichel Project and Idan Raichel. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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