From the Middle East to Mali: The Touré-Raichel Collective and "Hawa"

Our random tune for today is by the Touré-Raichel Collective. The Touré-Raichel Collective developed out of a chance airport meeting between singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré of Mali and pianist Idan Raichel of Israel. Promising to perform together, they fulfilled the promise in 2010 at the Tel Aviv Opera House. An impromptu session the day after at a recording studio led to three hours of improvised musical recordings and was the birth of the collective. You can find this song, Hawa, on The Touré-Raichel Collective's 2012 debut release The Tel Aviv Session.

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tour%C3%A9-Raichel_Collective, http://www.cumbancha.com/the-toure-raichel-collective