Ali Farka Touré : Red Album Bruno Mars and production from Adam Messinger

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Ali Farka Touré : Red Album Bruno Mars and production from Adam MessingerIn 1982, the great Malian singer songwriter and guitarist Ali Farka Tour, then still in the early years of his recording career, teamed up with the brilliant percussionist Hama Sankare. Together, from a base in Ali's home village of Niafunk they travelled through Northern Mali, refining a collection of new songs. When they were ready to record they followed the River Niger as it wound down through the desert, to the capital city of Bamako. In one