Sidi Tour\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n Thursday, September 29<\/strong>, 2011 at the Lula Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Sidi Tour\u00e9 is a worthy successor to Ali Farka Tour\u00e9. Among Songha\u00ef musicians, Sidi is the best. Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9, 2010 Grammy Award nominee<\/em><\/p>\n Sidi Tour\u00e9 is a singer-songwriter from Mali who has garnered global acclaim for thought provoking songs that honour African sonic traditions in a manner that appeals to listeners from any continent.<\/p>\n Born in 1959 in the ancient town of Gao, Mali, he made his first guitar as a child, constructing it from his wooden writing slate. Growing up, Sidi Tour\u00e9 faced a conflict between the inexorable pull of music and the expectations of family and society, plus the significance and onus of a past that came with being born into a noble family. The Tour\u00e9 family had been sung about, and sung to, by traditional griots for centuries, but until Sidi challenged the rules as a small boy, the Tour\u00e9s did not sing.<\/p>\n Throughout his time making music, Sidi\u2019s sound has both captured and challenged his roots. His music moves from the translucent swaying takamba to the trance inducing Holley, while the lyrics often address many non-traditional issues. Sidi has a critical mind and his songs have a purpose. His just-released album, \u2018Sahel Folk\u2019, a SPIN pick, features spontaneously recorded duets with other Malian musicians.<\/p>\n
\nSidi Tour\u00e9 has all the talent, quality, simplicity, playing and singing skills; it’s incredible.
\nWe need people like Sidi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
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