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Malian desert blues musician Samba Touré speaks his barebones truth on the striking Wande.
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A razor-sharp group of six instrumentalists founded by a Californian who plays djeli n'goni and guitar.
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Two musicians merging with as little friction as possible.
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The latest in a surge of guitar music from the western Sahara region.
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The register shifts, now more West African and sweeping, now more Hendrix and restless.
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System Krush has done the right thing and given us tracks that are long.
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The Malian singer stays steady and firm at the centre while the Frenchman roams baroque around her, fascinated by her ringing treelike isolation.
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