The Source is an album by Ali Farka Touré.

The Source
Studio album by Ali Farka Touré
Released	1992, 1993
Genre	World
Length	60:21
Label	World Circuit[1]
Producer	Nick Gold and Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré chronology
The River (1991) The Source (1992) Talking Timbuktu (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[4]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "one of the most impressive performances is on 'Cin quante Six,' a solo instrumental: Toure establishes a cleanly picked folk rhythm, then overlays a flamenco-flavored melody that suggests a meeting of Leo Kottke and the Gipsy Kings."[5] Trouser Press called the album "most notable for the way it challenges the singer to move beyond blues ('Hawa Dolo') and to eschew simple guitar riffing for more intricate single-note lines ('Roucky')."[6]

Track listing

1. "Goye Kur" – 6:24
2. "Inchana Massina" – 5:13
3. "Roucky" – 8:18
4. "Dofana" – 7:31
5. "Karaw" – 6:28
6. "Hawa Dolo" – 5:47
7. "Cinquante Six" – 5:31
8. "I Go Ka" – 3:59
9. "Yenna" – 5:54
10. "Mahini Me" – 5:24

Personnel

• Ali Farka Touré (vocals 1-6, 8-10; electric guitar 1-2,5,9; acoustic guitar 1,3-8,10; n'jarka 1; maracas 4)
• Afel Bocoum (vocals 1-2, 4-6; narration 4)
• Hamma Sankare (calabash 1,2,4,5,6,8; vocals 1,2,4,5)
• Oumar Touré (congas 2,5,6; vocals 2,5)
• Nitin Sawney (tabla 2)
• Taj Mahal (acoustic guitar 3,10)
• Roy McLeod (acoustic guitar 3)
• Groupe Asko (backing vocals 3,10)
• Amadou Cisse (calabash 9; vocals 9)

References

External links

• David Hanks, Ali Farka Touré - A Thorough Discography