Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (October 31, 1939 - March 6, 2006) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese’s often quoted characterization of Touré’s tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone ' s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."

Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (1939 - March 7, 2006) was a malian singer and guitarist born in Kanau, Mali, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is at the crossroad of traditional mali an music (one of the main roots of contemporary North American blues ) and modern feedback influences from North American and English blues. He was born in 1939 (he did not know the exact date of birth) in the Muslim village of Kanau, near Gourma Rharous on the b