Vieux Farka steps out of the shadow of his . In 2010, a billion people saw him perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa. A year later, the now thirty-year-old singer / guitarist delivers an album with The Secret, which should also appeal to people outside West Africa. So do and along, but in Aigna Trucks' complaining guitar is effortlessly fitted into the Malian idiom. No
… rock in that song, but All The Same, a duet with Dave Matthews, sounds accessible enough to bridge the gap with a pop audience. At the same time, Vieux Farka Touré honors the hypnotic desert blues in the songs without his foreign guests. With this he serves his old fans while he may also be able to win new souls for himself. (PdK)more
