A spinning top occasionally wobbles. Our spinning earth does the same thing: it's called the "Chandler Wobble." Because of the Chandler Wobble, monsoon rains in the Sahara appear then disappear every ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Internationally renowned guitarist and singer Vieux Farka Touré, often hailed as ...

Dubbed the “Hendrix of the Sahara,” Vieux Farka Touré mixed the traditional sounds of his Mali homeland with American blues and jazz to create a shimmering sonic fusion. His new album Mon Pays (My ...

The son of the recently departed Malian singer and guitarist Ali Farka Touré continues his father's legacy with style and grace. Thankfully, he is also able to live up to his famous surname when it ...

Malian master guitarist, vocalist, and social activist Vieux Farka Touré will return to Brooklyn Bowl. Vieux Farka Touré, known as "The Hendrix of the Sahara," was born in 1981 in Mali and is the son ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Rare is the musician who steps out from behind the shadow of his famous father — who was and still is the most ...

As New York discovered in no uncertain terms last summer when the star-studded “We Love NYC” concert in Central Park was abruptly canceled less than halfway before it was over, the threat of lightning ...

Vieux Farka Touré's latest release, The Secret, is a guitar-driven album that includes performances by extended family and friends. The centerpiece is the title track, which features the talents of ...

Vieux Farka Touré is the son of the late Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré. While his father had hoped he would steer away from the music business as a harsh place to work, Vieux found a mentor in ...

Also there are fewer nods towards hip hop or the dance floor. Instead the emphasis is on measured fluidity and widescreen grandeur. In other words, if we continue to draw parallels with Ali Farka ...