Ali Farka Touré - Amandrai live at Segou Festival

[betterway2]

sooo, great moment :)))

thankssss for sharing !

[bash158]

rest in peace Falka we miss you

[chaynorton]

WA FONDA GOY AY BABA!

[DIDOBALLA]

Класс!!!!!!!!!

[losta9aboy]

love it

[nagacami]

Ali Farka tiene una magia especial que nos hace realmente disfrutar y sentir su música

thanks for letting us experience this wonderful music!!

[BrooklynOmerta]

How anyone cant or dont like Ali Farka or Ry Cooder is beyond me, seriously. Its soooo erotic and sooo sexy. Especially Ai du! Now that is one super sexual erotic song. I got some memories behind that one! But I love Ali Farka in general. I wish he was still with us, I would anticipate more beauty coming out that instrument as he made love to her plucking them strings man. Ayo Ali, rest peacefully son.

[oPorchMonkey4Life]

John Lee Hooker IS Ali Farka toure...Get it.

[StuJee1]

this shit is freakin sweet!

[ooddiinn31000]

that was great

[reggaeman3500]

i love ali farka great man !!! the hero die but his legend stell alive !!! blues power

[anaselhaouat]

if you enjoyed this music, I suggest you listen to this band called 'Tinariwen'

[krgkrmb]

the best music in the world!!

[OneManAndHisToaster]

Very very nice! :D

[TheSoulsister1]

SHOW DOWN! I know this man is dead and gone,but to me his music is alive so that means He is too. I don't think of Ali Farka Toure being deceased. I listen to his music and it could have been recorded years ago, but to a new comer like me. It sound like it was recorded yesterday. His spirit is in his music.

[jelanieastmond1]

Miss him indeed! Looovve his music! Thankful the music lives on.

[jimjamjojojo]

pure jam

[cisseusa123]

@beerosterm I respect your opinion but it seems so far fetched that I can't seem to make any sense of it. He was a great musician. If you listened to more of his material you'd understand him better. Have a good day

[sparkanotherowl23]

bassekou kouyate is not from this world...

[holychess2000]

nice!!

[roscolbar]

Africa coming out!

[hamsterdj78]

Un homme qui est traversé par la musique.

[laman1958my]

what a debate! really enjoy the show!

ha, battle of the strings!

[laman1958my]

what a debate! really enjoy the show!

[sharsblues]

Ali Farka is one of the Greatest Blues Men on Earth!!!!!! Heaven got another Blues Angel!!!!! Miss You Ali!!!!!

[keibane1]

yep bro he is the best,also from west africa(mali) love country!!! always peace u know..haha

[dentpopcan]

why isnt this guy known as the best guitarist in the world?

[beeroosterm]

@dentpopcan Because he was nothing remotely close to t he best player. And his music is boring.

[dentpopcan]

@beeroosterm oh well that makes sense.

[beeroosterm]

@dentpopcan All right - how about this: Ali Farka Toure is a run of the mill player. His skills are average at best, easily exceeded by any first year student intent on getting better. AFT plays monotonous, repetitive, tribal-based rhythms more appropriate to war dance accompaniment. His playing is derivative, even though others claim it is based on Malian folk music. Boring....There. Is that better?

[dentpopcan]

@beeroosterm i dont think i was debating his skills with you, just agreeing with your statement

[beeroosterm]

@dentpopcan You're the first...

[dentpopcan]

@beeroosterm haha, well its cool you dont like Ali Farka Toure, theres plenty of people that do

[addictedtomusiq]

@dentpopcan maybe because he isnt

[azmike38]

@addictedtomusiq Shortly before his death, he was ranked at 76 out of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

[EileenMarnie]

bellisimo!!!

[al93cnc]

West African Hendrix

[monkybizzness2u]

@al93cnc more like Muddy Waters

[oPorchMonkey4Life]

I LOVE GOOD MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!! PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE

[oPorchMonkey4Life]

I LOVE GOOD MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!

[Walkswithdignity]

Is that John Lee Hooker playing with him?

[bokeyphoto]

@Walkswithdignity this Lee Hooker looking man with hat is actually Ali Farka Toure, the second one is probably someone from the Diabate family :)

[kykdaar]

Our Beloved Ali Farke Toure is sheer magic ...

Vieux is certainly doing his father proud with his own amazing artistry ... How great it would have been to have them both performing at the 2010 African World Cup ... sigh ...

For many of us ... Ali will live on indefinitely ...

[TheSoulsister1]

Sho you right, the son is bad too. All I want is to see the son play live.

[nugenpa]

If you like Ali, you should check out his son Vieux Farka Toure. Very different both in musical approach and guitar technique. Much more African...works with traditional materials...but you can also see some incredible resemblances, not least of which is the utter and effortless command of the instrument.

[loverplease]

I take a bath in this music....

[19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Beautiful.Thankyou.I first saw Ali Farka Toure what must be getting on for twenty five years ago in Aldershot of all places.A great musician, sadly missed.

[aleksmoderatto]

Another Masters Of The blues! Period!

[stevajazz]

great! at last blues is not boring

[vooptr]

It's a ngoni I believe.

[pesfever]

So amaziiin... African blues at its best.. But please guyz, what's the second one instrument ? Yes i'm a real noob.

[leftysergeant]

@pesfever It is the n'goni, probably one of the oldest stringed instruments in the world. It apears in engraved cylinder seals from as far back as the Sumerian civilization and in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings, much as it appears today. The fingering technique of the west African n'goni apparently gave rise to the American bluse style. The n'goni player here, Bassekou Kouyate is the absolute master of the modern n'goni. He has a band called "N'goni Ba" and they totally ROCK.

[54markl]

The real African Blues, right from the source!

[lestephenois1]

Does anyone know which guitar Ali used?

[koodka]

Ali is the best Allah ya Rahmah, I love his music

[evabozai9]

Hát tud ez a Farka :)

[jamiirali1]

he plays the blues so hard it's gonna turn purple!!!!!!! this man has silk for fingers.cant get enough of this!!

[sonnygerd]

Two instrument making love- I reach orgasm!!!

[ourbloodyrevolution]

amazing!

[Polloshole]

Yheaaaaa!!!

[mavc52]

Ali Farka still rules!

[ib7tka]

yeh ma préféré!! super

[Aquadrip]

Now thts wat im talking about !!:}

[microph1]

EMOZIONANTE!!! Sono senza fiato!!

[dabofase]

le milleur  guitariste a l 'époque au mali

[dabofase]

@microph1 

[speck444]

brother can play

[billytdakid]

whats that broom that the guy in pink plays on?

[malila85]

@billytdakid

we coll it " Ngoni"

[billytdakid]

@malila85 cool :)

[pillaisachin]

@billytdakid well li'l billy. it resembles an oar and not a broom, ignorant american!

[Penny068]

Wow what a talented man ...blues at it's best

[TheBlackfree]

great guitarist

[Nosmoking64]

I Love African blues

[iament100]

so badass!

[spikkel70]

What's the name of this instrument? Sounds so cool with blues!

[lestephenois1]

@spikkel70 its called a Ngoni... one of the earliest known stringed instruments still played today... mostly played in Mali, Kouyate is the best recorded master of it. This and the Baloch Surod are my favorite traditional instruments... check out the Balochi surod by Bashir Ahmed I uploaded.

[MrKento08]

Bassekou Kouyate is awesome. Saw him in concert with Bela Fleck. They can rock!

[Mimibadu]

great blues!

[jjdnow]

this is incredible!

[62MarieAnne]

C'est magique.... : On comprend que Ali Farka Touré fasse partie du classement mondial des meilleures guitaristes Et puis j'adore ce qui passe entre les deux musiciens: le plaisir de jouer et de partager: c'est çà l'esprit Africain!

[cpasgentil]

Je ne m'en lasse pas. C'est fabuleux. C'est le même émerveillement , le même bonheur, le même thrill. C'est extraordinaire. Cela me prend par les tripes ; je suis tellement émue et touchée jusqu'au plus profond de moi-même que j'en ai souvent les larmes aux yeux.

Que DIEU bénisse l'Afrique

Merci du Maroc

[SELECTER73]

questa è robba ke spakka!!!

[scribblecat1]

just better than the rest!!!! So Good, beats hell out of everyone else.

[vincentvan2]

The King of African Blues

[pdxtone]

This guy's damn good.

[pesufa]

Merci

[TheGarmaqaate]

CALI ALLE HA U NAXARIISTO

SOMALI MAN

[lipephi]

Wonderfull, ngoni can play the blues.

[Flamencoide]

Beautiful! It remind me Muddy Waters in the plantation recordings !! Five starts!!

[crazyhesi]

da geht einem das Herz auf. So schöne Musik...

[lichithepelexa]

suena añejo, old blues

[llawednav]

Great: Ali make the circle Afric-America Afric!

[jamiirali1]

blues at it's finest. not delta blues,memphis blues,african blues but blues period!!! no labels please. blues are and exist where heavy hearts and weary souls forged in hard love reside.from the americas to africa and beyond. as a native southerner i should know.this man is a master.viv la ali farka toure!barakallah!

[lipephi]

you damn right, that's exactly what I feel. Peace from Paris.

[jamiirali1]

indeed from the heart and soul.

[filsryone]

remetouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuu, muddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyy,jimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiii,ali

[lkbrown5]

@jamiirali1 The blues BEGAN in Mali. Mali gave us the blues, rice cultivation and those fantastic made balcksmiths whose work you can still see today in cities like Charleston, SC.

[Ihaghen]

"Amandrai" means "brother" in Berber....

Ali Farka Toure was one of the greatest musicians in the world.We miss him!!!!!!!.

[moumene23]

@Ihaghen

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih !!!!!!!!!! c'est un geni lui !!!!

[TanCrescent]

@Ihaghen I agree. I was actually about to ask what "Amandrai" meant before asking this question. Thanks!

[jamiirali1]

@Ihaghen thats the truth!!! imagine him and john lee hooker playing the blues side by side!! or him and b.b. king!!

[SuckaFreeSoliloquy]

@Ihaghen

whoah! Berber?

I have some Moroccan Berber friends, I'm gonna run this past them!

also, is that instrument the oither guy is playing the same as the one Kateb plays in Gnawa Diffusion?

[Coletta100]

Chapeau bas ! Je suis à fond dedans !

I adore him ! He just blows me away !

[ahmedgawz]

lestephanois , il faut aller sur son album Tlking toumbuctu, mais si tu veux donnes moi ton email je vais t'envoyer les trois disques de ali. the river. the source et talking toumbouctou

Daouda

[fatylamalienne]

I love this song... I miss you Mali!!

[ykone2]

the language is not Bambara.The language is Bèla

[fafo58]

the language has to be Bambara but i am not sure.....

[lestmbly]

Da' blu's is the blu's...no matter be it Robert, Muddy or Skip James...be it B.B or Albert...no matter...like John Lee Hooker say....serve you right to suffer, it serves you right to be alone... in dese's TB sheets...dey's a-killin' me.... have mercy on da' black-man....Lawd have mercy on dese's blu's

[meshmosia]

Mesh @ Jozi

World music in a different class

[moutsee]

really fantastic music.

[anilresat]

Wow, simply amazing blues!

[TanCrescent]

Ali Farka Touré is amazing. What language is this exactly? It sounds a little like Tamashek. I might be wrong, but I was wondering.

[badfish350]

that is some damn blues right there!!!

[Ethiorise]

One of my favorite musician! Simply the best!

[lestephenois1]

Man if you guys like this you should hear I Go Ka from the album the Source. If it's not here I'll upload it in a few days.

[simagabadie]

can upload his song gomni

[lestephenois1]

Which album is it from, do you have any idea?? I tried to upload I Go Ka but a copyright voilation keeps springing up.

[winexprt]

awesome!

[evolvingwisdom]

the other instruments looks like the xalam. though it may not be and sounds like it too.

wow

[TheBrowndawg]

i could be wrong but i think its what they call a ngoni, but maybe ive got my wires crossed. anyone correct me if im wrong

[1nassara]

This is AMAAAAZING!!!!

[inthebluescrossroad]

thses guys are on aaaaaaa whole different plane. listen and learn kids

[kuffkuff]

Toure and Attisso of orchestra baobab will murder the guitar together.I  still think Franco is their master.

[IpkisStanley]

who is franco and what is orchestra baobab (cool name though)

[IpkisStanley]

what guitar is he playing?

[giorgiopatrizia]

le origini del blues? il Mali ..

[IpkisStanley]

yes

[amareto35]

Hats off...

[MustafaStetson]

Det här måste vara ett av dom allra bästa klippen på YouTube alla kategorier.

[Spongyb]

Ali Farka Toure Rest In Peace. Your music lives on.. Thank u for posting this vid.

[oARISTIDISo]

Grande musique Blues ..... ! De l'Australie (OZ)

[IpkisStanley]

this guy Bassekou Kouyate is AWESOME!

[Tribalmystic]

Awesome! Love you Ali!

[tabshisha]

ooooooooooooo

[batourey]

A sinda wi, ni ma; i kirikoy sabey; a sinda wi, hal abada!

[shaneshaky1]

totally agree! amazing! from scotland!

[M2007935]

nice music, i love it, much love from nigeria

[Mimibadu]

great fucking blues.......................

[hadronne]

never ending BIG SMILE.

[reyvolcan]

the root of all modern music is there. But this is pure,pure soul,spiritual,I'm sure Ali Farka is between God playing a guitar and God likes it.Peace.

[Disraeli91]

I'm really interested in learning about the Mande guitar stylings typified by Ali Farka Toure. Could anyone recommend some resources?

[lynndline]

this is the hottest.... Just listen, don't look at the video....

[booooostaaaa]

RIP Ali.

[Waynereich]

saw his son recently at a jazz festival and let me say. His dad would have been proud, Talent certainly did not skip a generation for the toure's

[lemaure003]

RIP king of blues THE BIG ALI FARKA Mali blues is the best

[amk443039]

beautiful music , i have been listning to his music for years , thats what i call it real music , Allah bless ur Soul

much love from Qatar

[Abdurazz]

The bridge between Afrikan and Afrikan-American music....the roots of spiritual hymns... Gospel...The Blues....Jazz....R&B......

[thesybs]

Dude, Ali Farka Toure ,...

has got soul.

[rlumbier]

What a gem this video!!! Thanks Thanks Thanks

[cpasgentil]

F A B U L O U S

RIP Ali Farka Touré

Monumental interpretation.

LOVE FROM MOROCCO

[krokomots]

Baigi labais ģitārists, ņaudēšana mikrofonā arī baigi labā.

[Ruhaniyat]

this is beautiful music !!

do drop by at our channel for folk music from Bengal !

[pitzila12]

Increible, monumental, excelente, sarpado y todasesascosas gracias!!!

[Mansley28]

They're making amazing music and loving it. So fun to watch!

[KamehamehaXII]

itsamazingjepleure

[lastsinger]

He was always a wonderful personification of

a africas great and hidden abilities. He was showing us the roots of the blues.

[Boomshalla]

and the smile on their faces...

priceless

[ThatsBulsh]

My uncle, great musician, R.I.P.

[Hysenthlay]

I was lucky enough to catch Ali play live in Boulder, CO.

One of the most amazing shows I have ever seen.

Gifted.

[mmdchalaco]

Mamadou Dembélé Dabara est un jeune de San Région de Ségou la 4émé du Mali .Tres tôt ce jeune artiste fut decouvert a l'emission de Fanaday Prod ,Case Sanga dont il fut le meilleur Artiste.

[bill382000]

thank vishnu someone posted this

[nekoIzSenke]

Ali is best. The sound of gitar is best , man music is best.....wow God

[oo00sadmachines00oo]

What kind of guitar is that?

[Anarchofalafel]

It looks like a Line 6 Variax

[Cumar2000]

He always used a Roland with a jazz chorus amp. Fantastic!

[alemwp2]

Thanks for posting this great version of one of the best Ali has done!

[ajithsworld]

Fantabulous !!

[muhiadinahmed]

Music!!!! big ups to Ali..RIP

[savannaaaaaa]

it is really awsome like the way they play the guitar. gud job. well done...

[sparkomatic]

Big smiles on both players. That's awesome. Cool vid.

[bambara4]

great bleus saharien, le bleus revient a sa terre

[aboubacarsidibe]

what festival year was this??? I have some from the 2008 year check my site

[kohatencl]

I am originally from Asia, never heard this brilliant artist before. Recently discovered him, he is one of the best.

[inthebluescrossroad]

if you like this try Junior Kimbrough or fela kuti

[kohatencl]

thanks for the suggestion friend

[VideoLcD]

fantastic. Dall'africa nera a Roma Capital du monde.

[VideoLcD]

sei un grande......fantastic

[avivagabriel]

Great gurkel! Great guy on gurkel! Great gurkel guy!