Talk:Ali Farka Touré

message: What is the name of the other instrument(s) he is playing besides the guitar, or does he only play the guitar? G-u-a-k-@ 21:58, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial text

message: Did Ali Farka Touré play and sing blues ?
For many he was playing and singing a modern version of music that is at the root of the blues...
Ericd 18:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He was called a "bluesman" by the foreign press, and he didn't dispute it, claiming that his music is in fact the root of the blues. He said in the interview in the documentary film about him that to an African, "blues" means the color one adds to their laundry to make it white. The question of his influence on blues (or vice versa: blues' influence on Toure) is an interesting one, as he was aware of American blues music at the start of his career. So the striking resemblance of his music to John Lee Hooker's or R. L. Burnside's could go both ways. The way he presented himself on stage, and the fact that he liked to play the guitar as opposed to a traditional African instrument, bring him closer to the world of blues. This question is covered in the book "Africa and the Blues" by Gerhard Kubik, which I recommend. Badagnani 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bluesman?

message: do we have that?i think it was in the UK--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 07:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Last concert

message: Did it ever happen? I've doubt it took place, it would have been awesome and something would be on the web on it. Can somebody check that out? Bakersville 15:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tribute Concert

message: I took out three big paragraphs from the biography section because they appeared to be a straight word-for-word lift from this copyrighted profile.
(see diff) It's got some good info on his early life and career should anyone want to fill the gap with original material. Thomjakobsen 22:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed huge chunk of copyrighted bio material 

message: Please turn any into into refs and purge unnedded ones from external links. Benjiboi 22:00, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  From external links 

message: Well I have great news for you westerners ! Africa is a CONTINENT with MANY CULTURES and MULTIPLE music style and rhythms and beats that differ GREATLY from North Est West and South. What you depict as African Culture is Actually western African at best... It's just great that everywhere I go I just hear the same, let's say confusion. Even in Africa...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.60.72 (talk) 07:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  custom in Africa ? African Culture ? African rhythms and beats ? 

message: I'm sure that the man on the picture is NOT Ali Farka Touré, but his son Vieux Farka Touré just like the source of the picture confirms: http://generationbass.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/vieux_farka_toure_1.jpg. Anyway they look different. That means, it is not the "vieux" (french for "old") Farka Touré, but the young one who is called "The Old". Therefore I remove it.--CosmoKramer09 (talk) 03:14, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Picture

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message: To add to the article: tn the Martin Scorsese documentary Feel Like Going Home, Touré says that he is of royal lineage, and that being an artist of any type is forbidden to people of this background. Thus, his parents strongly discouraged him when he announced his plans to become a musician. 131.123.48.58 (talk) 00:01, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Royal lineage

message: Well, the Documenta is most likely together with the Venice Biennale the most important regular exhibition of very contemporary and cutting edge global art in Europe.
And if it's decided to dedicate a pretty large section of it to him, i think that it's pretty relevant.Rodentio (talk) 00:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  " not sure it is notable enough to be included "