Vieux Farka Toure live in concert.
ON TOUR

Vieux Farka Toure

22
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
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Critic Consensus

Based on 22 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Vieux Farka Toure is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. Vieux Farka Toure concert reviews describe live shows and performances as mellow, ebullient, and masterful.

ON TOUR

Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada (June 27)

Latest release

Les Racines (June 9, 2022)

artist info

GENRE
global
ORIGIN
-1981
BIO
Vieux Farka Toure is a Malian singer and guitarist, and son of one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians Ali Farka Toure. Since his childhood, Vieux Farka Toure has been deeply inspired by the music of his father, Ali Farka Toure.
HAS PERFORMED with
Khruangbin

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

November 20, 2023
80
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Vieux Farka Toure Live In Concert In Sweden

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

February 22, 2023
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Vieux Farka Touré brought the exotic sounds of north-western Africa and World music to the Hollywood Theatre in a stunning virtuoso show.

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

November 8, 2022
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Vieux Farka Touré – The Crescent, York, 07/11/2022

GetIntoThis (UK)

October 19, 2018
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As Vieux Farka Toure brings his stripped down blues to 24 Kitchen Street, Getintothis’ Amy Chidlow gets all mellow on a chilly Wednesday evening.

Rhythm Passport (UK)

January 27, 2018
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Coming out clothed in shimmering green with a to-be-caressed forest green guitar, Vieux was personally on blistering form.

Evening Standard (UK)

June 19, 2017
80
%
He swops acoustic guitar for electric guitar for most of the set and percussionist, Mamadou Kone, moves onto a drum kit, but Vieux is a masterful performer, smiling, relaxed and having fun.

RockShot Magazine (UK)

June 18, 2017
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Having been a massive fan of Ali Farka Toure, Vieux’s late father, and seeing Vieux perform at the 2010 Fifa World Cup Opening Ceremony in South Africa, he has been on top of my list of musicians that I have wanted to see for a while.

Past critic reviews published in

The Skinny (UK), Brighton's Finest (UK), Soundvenue (Denmark), The Guardian (UK), Music-News.com (UK) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Tore Satre [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons