IF YOU GOWhat: Riverfront Nights featuring Vieux Farka Toure with Space Capone.When: 7 p.m. Saturday.Where: Ross’s Landing, 21st Century Waterfront.Admission: Free.Phone: 756-2211.
Vieux Farka Toure’s name might not be familiar to you, but perhaps you recognize the names Dave Matthews and Derek Trucks. Both appear on the list of guest artists on Toure’s latest CD “The Secret.”
Trucks took time out from performing with The Tedeski Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band and Eric Clapton to play with Toure. Matthews sings on and co-wrote another song. Other guest artists include Eric Krasno, Ivan Neville, John Scofield and the late Ari Farka Toure, Vieux’s father, a legendary Malian guitarist.
The younger Toure headlines Saturday night’s Riverfront Nights concert at Ross’s Landing. Though he is the main act, Toure will actually play first, beginning his set at 7 p.m., according to Jeff Styles with Friends of the Festival, which produces the free Saturday night series.
“He will play until he is done, and then we are trying something different,” Styles said. “Space Capone, the electronica guy, and DJ [is] going to do a late-night dance jam until about 11:30 p.m. if people will stay with us. This is an official UTC event, so we are reaching out to a different crowd and we will see what happens.”