Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Daby Touré (Senegal/Mauritania)

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Daby Touré is a young musician of mixed Senegalese and Mauritanian descent. Daby is a son of Hamidou Touré, who was part of Toure Kunda for a few years since 1989, and who would later become known for his solo albums as Seta Touré. Unlike his brothers who grew up in the Casamance region in Southern Senegal, Hamidou was brought up by an uncle in Mauritania. After his medical training in Nouakchott, he was sent to a sand blown desert town called Boutilimit, where he married a beautiful woman, who was half Moorish or Hassaniya and half Toucouleur. They gave birth to a son who they called Daby, in honour of his grandfather, the patriarch of the family. This is why Daby Touré grew up in Mauritania, then in the Casamance, and later on the southern bank of the Senegal river where he got acquainted not only with his own Soninke culture but also with the neighbouring Wolof and the Toucouleur. A few years later, he moved back to Nouakchott to live with his father who had divorced from Daby's mother. His father sometimes played guitar at home, and Daby would play secretly at his father's absence.

In 1989, when the Senegalese-Mauritanian border conflict came to an outburst, Hamidou was invited by the Toure Kunda brothers to play in their band in Paris. Daby, 18 years old then, went with his father and in Paris he was exposed to the African music and jazz scene. He gave up his studies soon and teamed up with his cousin Omar Touré and they formed Touré Touré. They made one album together with reasonable success in France, but Daby wasn't satisfied and decided to go on his own. This resulted eventually in his first solo album « Diam ». The album was well received by the critics. Daby has played many of the instruments himself, using a variety of influences and styles.

Check out his mini web site for more information, pictures, audio files [link...].


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Style: afro-folk.

Discography:

Title	Year	Label	Remarks
Daby Touré and Skip McDonald: Call My Name	2009	Real World	6-track mini-album
Stereo Spirit	2007	Virgin France / Real World CDRW142
Diam	2005	Virgin France	French new version with 2 bonus tracks and 1 video clip
Diam	2004	Real World CDRW121

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