Audio: The Touré-Raichel Collective

Audio: The Touré-Raichel Collective


Vieux Farka Touré linked up with Israeli keyboardist/songwriter Idan Raichel for an "unscripted recording session that took place one afternoon in November 2010 in a small Tel Aviv studio." The two are now releasing the instrumental fruits of that meeting as The Touré-Raichel Collective, which also feature Malian calabash player Souleymane Kane Yossi Fine and bassist Yossi Fine. Stream The Tel Aviv Session below and grab the album.

​Photo illustration by Kaushik Kalidindi, Okayplayer.
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