He's the son of the late great Ali Farka Touré, but this first album of his own material suggests the Malian bluesman has more than family connections going for him.
Senegal's superstar on what he's been up to in the eight years since his last studio album, the radical change of style on new opus Television and the power of music as a change agent.
The hugely influential Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer was a musician, activist and icon even before his death in 1997. Now a new generation of musicians are taking on his mantle.
Ethiopian bandleader Astatke joins up with Malcolm Catto's UK troupe previously known as DJ Shadow's backing band. An experiment in sound, one might say.
Back-to-back gigs at KOKO and the Barbican mix and match African and British artists, including Damon Albarn, Amadou & Mariam, Toumani Diabaté, Johnny Marr, Hard-Fi, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Bassekou Kouyate and VV Brown.
