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The Source

album by Ali Farka Touré
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The Source

Summary

The Source is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Source's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Source's genre is world music[4].
  • The Source followed The River[5].
  • The Source was followed by Talking Timbuktu[6].
  • Among the performers on The Source was Ali Farka Touré[7].
  • The Source's record label is recorded as World Circuit[8].
  • The Source was published on 1993[9].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[10]

  • First release date: 1992-06-15[11]

  • Genre(s): blues[12]

  • Community tags: blues[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e64b12be-1f0e-3a0a-b7d6-ef37d03cd177[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Source was performed by Ali Farka Touré[7].

Publication

The Source was released on 1993[9]. Its genre is world music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Source followed The River[5]. It was followed by Talking Timbuktu[6].

Why It Matters

The Source ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Ali Farka Touré

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Source. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-source-q7765507
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