Released on Dead Oceans and Night Time Stories, \u2018Tongo Barra\u2019 is available for streaming and download. The song follows the album\u2019s lead single \u2018Savanne\u2019, which arrived in July. Rendered in the Malian Songhai dialect, \u2018Tongo Barra\u2019 comes in at nearly six minutes, building on \u2018Savanne\u2019\u2019s expansive and meditative character.<\/p>\n
Comprising eight songs, Ali is forged in the ground-breaking desert blues mould pioneered by Ali Farka Tour\u00e9. The sound merges traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of the blues, and is sung in the local languages of Songhay, Tamasheq, Fulfulde and Bambara.<\/p>\n
Ali is described by its composers as a \u201crefreshed West African blend of musical reference the pairing hopes reaches new generations and audiences alike.\u201d The album is due on 23 September, a day after Mali\u2019s Independence Day.<\/p>\n
Ali has already established itself as one of the most anticipated releases of the pairing\u2019s celebrated careers, with \u2018Savanne\u2019 earning widespread acclaim upon its release. NPR Music praised its \u201clabyrinthine fusion of dub, blues and Malian grooves\u201d. Fader called the song \u201ca mesmeric five minutes of music that manages to float dreamily to its finish without ever losing its harmonic and rhythmic moorings.\u201d<\/p>\n
With each new project, Khruangbin and Vieux, who recently played a sold-out show in Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park, broaden their horizons, embracing new challenges and further entrenching their shared reputation as some of the world\u2019s most innovative musicians.<\/p>\n
In February, Khruangbin released their second collaborative EP with soul singer Leon Bridges, the sultry, chart-topping Texas Moon, which garnered widespread critical acclaim and pushed the boundaries of the R&B sound.<\/p>\n
This June, Vieux released his latest album Les Racines on which he masterfully returns to the deep roots of the desert blues that his father introduced to the world, touching on his country\u2019s overlapping security, political and humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 have dropped a new single titled \u2018Tongo Barra\u2019 ahead of the release of their collaborative album Ali, in honour of Malian guitar virtuoso and Vieux\u2019s father Ali Farka Tour\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":15799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-15802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n