Sidi Touré

Sidi Touré (born 1959, Gao, Mali) is a singer/songwriter from Bamako, Mali. His music is a type of songhaï blues. He started his career in the Sonhaï Stars, a regional orchestra. In 1984 he won the award of best singer with a song of his own hand at a Mali National Biennale. He won the same prize again in 1986. In 1992 he collaborated with Kassemady Diabaté.
Outside Mali, Sidi Touré is mainly known for his appearance in Vincent Moon's Take-Away Show series of videos. Moon filmed the Malian musician on location in Mali.
He is not related to Ali Farka Touré, the Malian who is considered a pioneer of African desert blues.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the singer's debut album, 'Hoga', on his radio programmes in 1996. The singer released a follow up album in 2011, by which time Peel had already passed away.
==Shows Played==
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*05 October 1996: Ir Kagay Alada (Traditional Song For the First Born) (album - Hoga) Djenné Music
*12 October 1996: Beray (album - Hoga) Djenné Music 
*20 October 1996 (BBC World Service): Beray (album - Hoga) Djenné Music
*16 November 1996: ‘Hoga (CD – Hoga)’ Sterns
*01 December 1996 (BBC World Service): Hoga (album - Hoga) Djenné Music
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Bandcamp
Category:Artists