Sidi Toure

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Blondie/Liz Phair, Animal Collective playing Sung Tongs, Petal/Camp Cope, Weezer/Pixies, Cindy Lee, Lydia Lunch, and more.

The World Music Institute’s Festival of Mali happens at Brooklyn Bowl this weekend (April 14-16) with Sidi Touré, Trio Da Kali & Derek Gripper, Fatoumata Diawara, and more…

The lineup also includes Sturgill Simpson, Common, Jason Isbell, Big Freedia, Lucinda Williams, Calexico, Hiss Golden Messenger, and more.

As mentioned, legendary Malian blues artist Sidi Toure is going on a tour this fall, which already includes one NYC date happening on October 5 at BAM Cafe, but now he’s added a sooner NYC show to his schedule…

SIdi Toure is the legendary blues singer/guitarist from Mali who has been making music in his home country for decades and finally began gaining worldwide recognition in recent years…

Sidi Touré, born in 1959 in the ancient town of Gao, Mali, made his first guitar as a child, constructing it from his wooden writing slate. Growing up, Sidi Touré faced a conflict between the inexorable pull of music and the expectations of family and society, plus the significance and onus of a past that came with being born into a noble family…

Kelly Hogan @ the Vic in March (more by Chase Turner) We previously posted the partial lineup of Millennium Park’s Downtown Sound series and now the full schedule has been released…

words & Mike Reed‘s newest endeavor Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusement is a great idea. Take the normal music festival in which Mr. Reed is very well-versed in throwing, and scale back a little bit on the music in lieu of…