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Vieux Farka Toure
"I'm feeling relaxed, but I'm intimidated, too," Vieux Farka Toure says of his US welcome. (Scott Lewis for the Boston Globe) Scott Lewis for the Boston Globe

His musical inheritance

The son of a guitar legend, Vieux Farka Touré is drawing attention as he comes into his own

By Siddhartha Mitter
Globe Correspondent / February 23, 2007

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NEW YORK -- It isn't customary for a 25-year-old West African musician with just one brand-new album to his name to make his American debut before a sold-out house including his nation's ambassador, record label executives, and Harry Belafonte. (Full article: 1272 words)

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