ali_farka_toure floralieca The best african blues ! 040416 ... nomme heck yeah. i have my dad to thank for introducing his music to mine ear ten years ago it was Talking Timbuktu everyday in my family's house haven't heard him in a while though 040416 ... nom listening_to_the_radio they're playing him because he died 060315 ... z i am sad to hear that he died. i know little about him, but his music was beautiful. 060315 ... wikipedia "...He was born in 1939 (he did not know the exact date of birth)... He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy. His nickname, "Farka", chosen by his parents, means "donkey" - an animal admired for its tenacity and stubbornness. ... On 7 March 2006 the Ministry of Culture of Mali announced his death at the age of 67, from bone cancer, against which he had been battling for some time in Bamako... he had just completed work on a new solo album..." 060405 ... nom beautiful_blues 060810 what's it to you? who go blather from