Samba Touré grows diré in Timbuktu region. after moving to the capital, Bamako, at the age of 25, Samba form the group Farafina Lolo, multi-ethnic group, whose variety gives it a great popular success among different ethnic groups in Mali. Samba does not play guitar but yet there is a singer .

Farafina lolo ( African star) with Samba Touré released two albums ( K7 only in Mali ). The group then split into two formations. Samba and part of the group which then form super lolo will release a single album while Farafina Lolo continued his career .

Encouraged by ali farka touré, he continues his apprenticeship alongside the guitar. in the late 1990s, super lolo separates. touré samba is then recruited into the group of ali farka touré the accompanying guitar and vocals for an international tour in 1997 and 1998 .

Back to Mali, Samba Fondo formed his group and began composing his repertoire.
He recorded his first album Fondo which appears in 2003 in Mali and only a great success thanks to the title " anbafo " which until now closing all its concerts.

In 2005, Samba Touré part in the album Taama of tinder Guitteye alongside Toumani old farka touré or baba sissoko of 2 tracks that he composed. Registration takes place in Cologne ( Germany )

In 2007, the album seems to Aito Mali, attended numerous concerts throughout West Africa .

In 2008 Samba Touré was spotted by a London producer, world music network, which allows it to perform its first international Songhai blues album, homage to ali farka touré, published in 2009. He then turns extensively throughout the subregion, as well as ' in Algeria, Burkina Faso and Guinea .

In 2009, Samba Touré part in the album of the seven stars diré alongside other artists from the circle diré. he interprets Title diré dedicated to the village where he grew up. this title will be rearranged under the title djingarr Hine in 2010 to be on his own crocodile blues album.

In December 2011, he received a tamani in Bamako (trophies from music to Mali ) Malian best international album of the year for the crocodile blues album.

In 2010, Toumani uses Touré Samba to represent "his farka " for the world tour " ali farka touré variations turn," in which he plays the mic and guitar. between concerts, samba regularly returned to Bamako to record his new album to be released crocodile blues August 30, 2011 at riverboat records ( World Music Network). the album boasts the presence of oumou sangaré for a duet on the title moussoya .

After a European tour in 2012, is in Bamako albala he recorded the album in the fall. albala produced by Chris Eckman (the walkabouts, Dirtmusic ) comes out on May 3, 2013 glitterbeat records. hugo race (true spirit, fatalists, Dirtmusic, bad seeds ) has invited seven of the ten songs on guitar and keyboards. is a committed and dark album, which addresses the crisis that knows the Mali since early 2012. Samba Touré denounces the alliance of Islamist terrorists and Tuareg rebels who plunged the country into the crisis, as well as corruption, and other evils of Malian society. the international criticism reserve him a very enthusiastic reception .
		
He was invited on the title you are wa (vocals and guitar) Dirtmusic the group recorded in Bamako. the disorders album released in early June 2013 and on their next album city lion (vocals) in 2014, red dust on the title .

Early 2014, it also recorded a duet with the Malian artist adama Yalomba, harkass, song on the unity of Malian ethnic groups.

In the summer of 2014, he entered the studio in Bamako to record the successor of albala, still on glitterbeat records. gandadiko the album comes out January 30, 2015 .

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Riverboat Records: Celebrating 25 years of making music from around the world

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Riverboat Records celebrates it twenty-fifth year in 2014. Since its founding in 1989, the independent label has supported creative new music from far-flung corners of the globe.
This limited edition compendium offers a taste of the excellently eclectic Riverboat sounds from across the years.

Music From The Source includes music from thirty-three bands spanning across two bumper discs. Spotlighted artists include Greek folk duo Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis who kick off proceedings with a track from their album Greekadelia which reached number one in the World Music Charts Europe. Monoswezi’s haunting minimalist sound fuses the music of Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe together in seamless interplay. Indian slide-guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya expands his otherworldly sound Beyond The Ragasphere on virtuosic yet quirky track ‘Indospaniola’. Jaipur Kawa Brass Band’s bombastic party music presents an infectious exploration of Indian military music spun together with refigured Bollywood classics.  Lesotho-based ‘junk funk’ renegades Sotho Sounds craft their own instruments as heard on ‘Ba Ea Bojoa (Part 1)’.

Lala Njava’s offering is a Malagasy marvel featuring her silvery wandering voice, lush rolling guitars and rippling percussion. Nigerien nomad bluesmen Etran Finatawa contribute their Wodaabe-Tuareg musical melt. Shiyani Ngcobo acoustic guitar picking illuminates his mastery of the wonderful Zulu maskanda dance style. Boris Kovač & La Campanella’s melody ‘Pearl’ aches with their distinctly Balkan nuance. Klezmer troubadours She’Koyokh spoon out their re-imagined Eastern European folk on ‘Esmera Min’. 

Kardemimmit’s song ‘Ahven (Perch)’ is played by the fresh folksy kantele quartet from Finland. Cuban son band Sierra Maestra deliver their personal account of the nation’s infamous enveloping dance style. Koo Nimo’s lilting palm-wine music flies the flag for Ghana and village ensemble Wayo summon the ancient polyrhythms of Africa’s newest nation, South Sudan. Yunnanese ‘Mountain Men’ Shanren close the set with ‘Drinking Song’ from their new album, which has the UK media hailing them as ‘Chinese folk-rockers to watch’ (The Guardian).

Riverboat Records would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank our supporters. Music From The Source is not only a resplendent retrospective but also highlights the breadth of talented artists that have been given an international platform thanks to Riverboat Record’s ongoing work since 1989.


Samba Touré: Alabina (taken from Music From The Source)

Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Debe (live at Bozar)

Samba Touré: Gandadiko
Release date: January 30th, 2015
Glitterbeat Records
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His voice is resonant, the rhythms have a relentless groove and his guitar burns with the intensity of the desert sun. But above all, there’s a confidence and gravitas that reinforces the feeling that Samba is a man whose time has come.
**** Review of “Albala”/ Songlines (UK)

Samba Toure’s previous album Albala was recorded during the fear-laden atmosphere of 2012, when northern Mali (including his ancestral village of Diré) had succumbed to sharia law and radical Islamist control and Bamako, his adopted home, still reeled in the chaos of the recent military coup.

Albala received widespread acclaim and was rightfully recognized not only as the best album of Samba’s career but also as an undeniable musical statement about the human toll of war and political crisis. Samba had spent years honing his artistry (including stints playing with Malian blues master Ali Farka Touré and Kora genius Toumani Diabate) and Albala signposted a mature artist, full of sonic imagination and narrative fire.

Gandadiko, the title of Samba’s potent, diverse and ambitious new album, translates from his native language Songhai as: “Land of Drought” or “Burning Land.” The title seems to indicate a return to the dark textures that marked Albala but in fact Gandadiko is a more complex story than that. 

Philippe Sanmiguel, a record producer living in Bamako (Anansy Cissé, Mariam Koné) and Samba’s producer for both albums, provides the details:

“One thing I’m sure of is that we didn’t want to do a second ‘Albala’. For Samba that album was maybe a little too sad and he wanted something closer to who he really is: hopeful. So the challenge was to have something as strong as ‘Albala’, but with more variety in the rhythms and moods and colors. I think the album sounds musically less dark, it’s more danceable and up-tempo, but, sorry Samba, it’s not entirely a joyful album. Tension, troubles and danger are still there in many of the songs. 

The musical moods and textures found on Gandadiko often play against the moralistic, reflective and at times anguished tenor of the lyrics. For example, Touri Idjé Bibi (Black Fruits) breezes along with a straight-ahead, infectious dance groove, punctuated by soaring backing vocals. The hopeful sound that Samba had originally sought seems to have been found. But the final lines of the song are pointed and cautionary:

Oh earth, forgiveness, oh river forgiveness,
Everyday we offend you.

The songs on Gandadiko are framed by a restless eclecticism. 

Samba’s guitar playing has never been so anxious, exploratory and rock and roll and his voice has never been as smooth and relaxed. Samba wants to be many places at once and the accomplishment of Gandadiko is that by successfully navigating these sorts of “contradictions,” Samba’s artistry has reached an even higher level. 

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Samba Touré - Touri Idjé Bibi

Mohamed Ag Itlal aka Japonais- Ahoulkamin Houlane- Guni

Boubacar Traoré - Le Jour Du

Exclusive Dub Mix of the track 'Pullo'
The original track is featured on the new album Crocodile Blues by Samba Toure.
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Samba Toure: Pullo (Dub Mix)

Savane

Ali Farka Toure - "Soya"

Five Great Guitars - African Blues Tour
Live recording 2011

Special guest: Habib Koité
Zoumana Diarra: guitar, kora, balafon, n'goni
Mousse Pathe M'Baye: percussion
Dramane Diarra: percussion

Sound: Neil Denholm

Five Great Guitars - Wassiye

Mamou Sidibe - Bakoye

Dub Mix of the song Pullo taken from the album "Crocodile Blues"

Samba Touré - Pullo Phil's dub mix

This Rough Guide takes the listener on a criss-crossing journey across the African continent, sponging up the most evocative unplugged music emanating from the great continent along the way. Enjoy the rich desert blues of Etran Finatawa, the Baye Fall Gnawa of Nuru Kane, the masakanda magic of Shiyani Ncgobo, and the Mozambican melodies of Mabulu.

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The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa

So ubiquitous is the sound of slapping strings and strumming chords across the vast African continent that acoustic music curls into practically every corner of life and culture there. Charting the different acoustic styles included here takes the listener on a criss-crossing journey across Africa: we begin in Niger, before visiting Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Sudan, Senegal and the Republic of Guinea. Not a bad round trip for just over seventy minutes’ worth of time, and without the cost of the air fare! 

Heading up a healthy West African contingent, we have Baye Fall Gnawa musician Nuru Kane and singer-songwriter Amadou Diagne both from Senegal. Also hailing from this region is the Guinean kora maestro Mory Kanté, Malian guitarist Samba Touré, Ghanaian palm-wine veteran Koo Nimo and Touareg troubadours Etran Finatawa. Swooping down to west Central Africa, Sally Nyolo fom Cameroon provides the upbeat and carefree track ‘Obili Éba’. Congolese guitarist Syran Mbenza celebrates the legacy of the great Congolese musician Franco with a new approach. Abdel Gadir Salim from Northern Sudan provides a sensitive oud-based composition on ‘Lemon Bara’. The unbelievable sounds of Zulu maskanda guitarist Shiyani Ngcobo are heard on this collection too. As are Sotho Sounds who hail from Lesotho and bring their brand of junk funk to the party.

The bonus album is an exclusive debut release by kora player Noumoucounda Cissoko. He weaves together his griot heritage with mbalax, blues, jazz, hip-hop and rock-inspired inspirations. Faling is his debut solo album and features Cissoko accompanied by Swiss musicians, Phat 4.

Samba Toure: White Crocodile Blues (taken from The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa)

Samba Touré - Lassal Tarey
Titre inédit extrait de la compilation hors commerce 'Made In Bamako' (Vivendi 2013)
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Samba Touré - Lassal Tarey

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Recorded at Studio Mali in Bamako, in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by
his regular band members Djimé Sissoko (n’goni ) and Madou Sanogo (congas,
djembe) and guests such as the legendary, master of the soku (a one-stringed
violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata
Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists)
contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards.

Samba Touré - Lassal Tarey

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