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Tinariwen: Aman Iman

by Deanne Sole

[16.Mar.07] :. Tinariwen plays rock guitar with a rangy American sound, broad and lazy and slow.

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Desert Trance

by Derek Beres

[8.Dec.06] :. These are the sort of flowers that bloom in the Sahara Desert: thumb pianos, distorted amps, muddy blues, and traditional chants.

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Tartit: Abacabok

by Deanne Sole

[9.Nov.06] :. Comparisons between Tartit and the better-known Tinariwen seem inevitable, but, really, there's no reason why one should be confused with the other, or why you shouldn't like both in different ways.

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Various Artists: Festival in the Desert

by Gypsy Flores

[13.Jan.04] :. More than anything else, the Festival in the Desert is a symbol of unity and peace between nomadic tribes. The Tamashek of northern Mali and Niger, who had been warring for years, had recently burned...

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