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 ...

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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

Bio
on The African Music Guide by Frank Bessem

External links

Sidi Touré
on Myspace (official website)
Sidi Touré
in the Take-Away Show
HOGA
at Sterns Records 1959 births Living people People from Bamako People from Gao Malian guitarists 21st-century Malian male singers 20th-century Malian male singers {{Mali-bio-stub