September 22, 2026 — Musical Instrument Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona
Often called “the Hendrix of the Sahara,” Vieux Farka Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali, in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. Touré was initially a drummer and calabash player at Mali’s Institut National des Arts de Bamako, but he secretly…