
Sidi Touré (born 1959, Gao, Mali) is a
singer/songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted t ...
from
Bamako
Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger River ...
,
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...
. 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
Vincent Moon (real name Mathieu Saura, born 25 August 1979) is an independent filmmaker, photographer, and sound artist from Paris. He was the main director of the Blogotheque's Take Away Shows, a web-based project recording field work music vide ...
's Take-Away Show series of videos. Moon filmed the Malian musician on location in Mali.
Discography
* Hoga, 1996, Stern's Records
* Sahel Folk, 2011, Thrill Jockey Records
* Koïma, 2012, Thrill Jockey Records
* Alafia, 2013
* Toubalbero, 2018
* Afrik Toun Mé, 2020, Thrill Jockey Records
References
Bioon
The African Music Guide by Frank Bessem
External links
Sidi Touréon
Myspace (official website)
Sidi Touréin the Take-Away Show
HOGAat Sterns Records
1959 births
Living people
People from Bamako
People from Gao
Malian guitarists
21st-century Malian male singers
20th-century Malian male singers
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