Ali (Jade Vinyl)

Ali (Jade Vinyl)Ali Farka Tour is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard to overstate. Alis sound merged his much loved traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of the blues, singing in the local languages of Fulfulde, Tamasheq, Songhay and Bambara. The result was the creation of a groundbreaking new genre, now well known as the desert blues, earning him three

In the ocean

But no part of his identity was more important to him than that of a writer

this ambitious 10 song album mingles full band tracks with intricate duet performances all tied together with the duo's signature sound and remarkable lyricism

To linger in tones and words

Morris was art director and designer as well as taking iconic images for the band

Touching On Jones’s Relationship To Church Life

60th anniversary coloured vinyl edition

and "Jailhouse Rock"

captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith

minimalist paean to Waits’ wife and muse

the Belle Époque

It's not bragging if it's true