Born: 1939, Kanau, near Gourma Rharous (Timbuktu Region), Mali
Died: March 7, 2006, Bamako, Mali
Malian guitarist and best known exponent of Mali blues. Best known in the West for his work with Ry Cooder he was a winner of two Grammy awards for his Talking Timbuktu collaboration with Cooder and his 2005 release Heart Of The Moon with the kora player Toumani Diabaté.
Mayor of his home town of Niafunké in Northern Mali on the edge of the Sahara, Touré also acted as a peacemaker in the Touareg rebellions of the mid 90s.
He died after a long illness in March 2006, leaving a widow and 11 children.
2023
2017
World Circuit
10", Album, EP, RSD
2016
Not On Label (Barda Self-released)
File, MP3, VBR
2016
World Circuit
CDr, Promo
2011
World Circuit
10", RSD, Ltd
2011
All Other
2xCD, Album
2010
Nonesuch
File, FLAC, 16-
2010
2009
World Circuit
CDr, Promo
2008
World Circuit Records
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
2006
World Circuit
DVD-V, Promo
2006
World Circuit
CD, Promo, Car
2006
2006
2005
Digital Classics DVD
DVD-V
2005
2004
2003
Not On Label
CD, Comp
2003
1999
Zarafa Films
DVDr, DVD-V
1999
1994
World Circuit, Hannibal Records
CD, Single, Promo
1994
1994
1993
1992
1990
1988
Mahmoudou Maiga
Cass, Album
1988
1988
1987
1984
1979
1977
1976
1976
1976
BMW Music
2xCD, Album, Comp
Naïve Vision, Editions Montparnasse
DVDr, DVD-V, TP
World Circuit
Cass, Promo
1994
2022
2020
Robust Records Inc.
CD, Album
2019
Ty Cerdd Records
CD
2018
Mojo Magazine
CD, Comp
2015
Tin Wood Music
CD, Album
2013
Mojo Magazine
CD, Comp
2013
World Circuit
16xFile, MP3, Smplr, 256
2013
Wagram Music
4xCD, Comp
2013
2011
World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
2xCD, Comp, S/Edition
2011
Not On Label
CD, Album
2011
Not On Label (Giorgio's Scratch & Dub Self-Released)
2xCDr, Album
2011
2011
2010
Universal Music France
3xCD, Comp
2010
2010
2009
Mojo Magazine
CD, Comp
2008
2008
2007
Nato
CD, Comp, Dig
2007
Womad Music
CD, Comp + 2xCD + Box
2007
2006
Les Inrockuptibles, Les Inrockuptibles
CD, Comp
2006
Tin Wood Music
CD, Album
2006
2005
Les Inrockuptibles
CD, Comp
2005
Aquarius Records (2), Spona
CD, Album, Copy Prot.
2005
Nato, Nocturne
3xCD, Comp, Ltd
2005
moreArtists, Jazz (26)
CD, Comp, Promo
2005
Up Music, Warner Music France
2xCD, Comp
2005
Universal Music
CD, Comp
2004
2003
Night & Day
2xCD, Comp, Promo, Lon
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
Warner Music France
CDr, Comp, Promo
2002
2002
2001
1999
Les Inrockuptibles
CD, Comp
1999
Nascente
2xCD, Comp
1999
1999
1999
1998
1997
1996
Winnipeg Folk Festival
CD, Comp
1996
Editions Florent-Massot
2xCD, Comp
1996
Marino Verlag
2xCD, Comp, 220
1996
1995
1994
Vox Magazine
Cass, Comp
1993
1990
2023
Songlines
CD, Comp
2022
2021
Songlines
CD, Comp
2021
2019
2017
Uncut (2)
CD, Comp
2016
2015
2014
Chit Chat Records
CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo
2014
FNAC, Les Inrockuptibles
12xCD, Comp
2014
WFMU
CDr, Album, Comp, Ltd, Promo
2014
2014
2013
Metis Records, Universal Music France, Universal Music Classics & Jazz France
2xCD, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC
2013
Rough Trade Shops
2xCD, Comp
2013
Clermont Music
CD, Album
2013
2012
Songlines
CD, Comp
2012
Lusafrica
CD, Comp
2012
Lusafrica
3xCD, Comp, Sli
2011
Mississippi Records
Cass, Comp
2011
Nascente, Nascente, Nascente, Nascente
3xCD, Comp, Box
2011
EMI
3xCD, Comp
2011
2011
2010
Lusafrica
CD, Album
2010
Lola's World
2xCD, Comp
2010
Vibrations Magazine
CD, Comp, Promo, Car
2010
Songlines
CD, Comp
2010
Lira Lyssna
CD, Comp
2010
Folk Roots
CD, Comp
2010
Indétendances
CD, Comp
2010
Télérama
12xCD, Comp + Box
2010
2010
2010
2009
Boomkat
14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2009
Nascente, Nascente, Nascente, Nascente
3xCD, Comp, Sli
2009
Songlines
CD, Comp
2008
World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
CD, Comp, Enh
2008
Nova Records
25xCD, Comp + Box
2008
Little White Earbuds
File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 192
2008
World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
CD, Comp
2008
Songlines
2xCD, Comp, Promo, Enh
2008
Songlines
CD, Comp, Enh, Promo
2008
Marabi Productions
CD, Album
2008
Universal
CD
2007
Sinedín Music, World Circuit
CD, Comp, Promo
2007
Manteca
2xCD, Comp
2007
Marabi Productions
CD, Comp
2007
Songlines
CD, Comp, Enh
2007
Sheer Sound
CD, Comp
2007
2007
2006
Plato.NL Records
CD, Comp, Smplr
2006
Uncut (2)
CD, Comp
2006
Folk Roots
CD, Comp
2006
Cedar Cultural Center
CD, Comp
2006
Manteca
2xCD, Comp
2006
Songlines
CD, Comp, Enh
2006
Korova
2xCD, Comp
2006
Lira Lyssna
CD, Album
2006
Emme K S.r.l.
CD, Album, Comp, Promo
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
Folk Roots
CD, Comp
2005
Playground Music Scandinavia
CDr, Promo, Smplr
2005
Songlines
CD, Comp, Enh, Promo
2005
Songlines
CD, Comp, Enh, Promo
2005
Nascente
3xCD, Comp + Box
2005
Manteca
2xCD, Comp
2005
Not On Label
DVD
2005
Vibrations Magazine
CD, Comp, Smplr
2005
WEA
CD, Promo, Smplr
2005
2005
2004
Nascente
2xCD, Comp
2004
Wrasse Records
CD, Comp
2004
FNAC
CD, Comp, Dlx, + B
2004
Playground Music Scandinavia
CD, Comp, Promo
2004
Universal Catalogue
2xCD, Comp
2003
Essentials (2)
2xCD, Comp
2003
EMI Music Special Markets, EMI Music Special Markets, EMI Music Special Markets, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note
3xCD, Comp, HDC + Box
2003
Smithsonian Folkways
CD, Comp
2003
NPR Classics, NPR Classics
HDCD, Comp
2003
Virgin
CD, Comp
2003
Columbia, Legacy, UMe, Hip-O Records, Chess, Mercury, Chronicles, Polydor, MCA, Experience Hendrix
18xCDr, Comp, Promo + Box, Comp, Promo, Wal
2003
2002
Nascente
2xCD, Comp
2002
Nascente
3xCD, Comp, Car
2002
Rykomusic
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
2002
2002
2002
2001
Nascente
CD, Comp
2001
Wrasse Records
2xCD, Album, Comp
2001
Neatwork
CD, Comp
2001
Hannibal Records
CDr, Comp
2000
Hemisphere
2xCD, Comp
2000
Stern's Africa
CD, Comp
2000
Wagram Music
4xCD, Comp
2000
Museum Music
CD, Album, Comp
2000
EMI
2xCD, Comp
2000
2000
1999
Mondomix
CD, Comp, Ltd, P/Mixed, Promo, Transcription, Car
1999
CNR Music
CD, Comp
1999
1998
Rhino Records (2)
CD, Comp
1998
Milan
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Car
1998
Milan
CD, Comp
1998
1998
1997
College Music Journal
6xCD, Comp, Promo, Box
1997
Mango
2xCD, Advance, Comp, Promo
1997
Mango, Starbucks Coffee
CD, Comp, Dig
1997
PolyGram Special Projects, PolyGram Special Projects
CD, Comp
1997
Rykodisc
CD, Comp, Promo
1997
CNR Music France
2xCD, Comp
1997
Mango Records
CD, Comp, Smplr
1997
PolyGram South Africa
CD, Comp
1996
La Repubblica
CD, Comp
1996
Rykodisc, DBN
CD, Comp, Promo
1996
Rykodisc
CD, Comp
1996
1995
Rhino Records (2)
CD, Comp
1995
Rykodisc, Hannibal Records
CD, Comp, Promo
1995
Polymedia Marketing Group, IMS International Music Service
2xCD, Comp
1995
Columbia
CD, Comp
1995
Rhino Records (2)
CD, Comp
1995
WOMAD Select
CD, Comp
1995
Resistencia, Resistencia
CD, Comp
1995
1995
1994
Crash Bang! Records
CD, Comp
1994
Rykodisc
CD, Comp, Promo
1994
Musician
CD, Comp, Smplr, Fli
1994
Rykodisc, Hannibal Records
CD, Comp, Promo
1994
1994
1993
Dove Records (9)
CD, Comp, Promo
1993
Isak Multivisjon
CD, Comp
1992
1991
World Circuit
CD, Smplr
1991
Mango Records, Island Records
Cass, Promo, Smplr
1991
1991
1989
Island Records
3xCD, Comp, Promo
Sony Music Media
CD, Comp, Dig
Son Laser
Cass, Album
Network Records (15)
CD, Album
2018
Not On Label (Thommie G Self-released)
File, FLAC, Unofficial
2018
2014
Mississippi Records
Cass, Comp, Unofficial
2011
Okayafrica.
File, MP3, Mixed, P/Unofficial, 320
1999
Not On Label (Ali Farka Touré)
CD, Unofficial
Not On Label
CDr, Comp, Unofficial
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
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