desertblues

<p>Tinariwen – Amadjar</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-amadjar/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-amadjar/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-am</span><span class="invisible">adjar/</span></a></p><p>From album “Amadjar” in 2019, listen to this first track featuring Micah Nelson, best known as Neil Young’s guitarist.</p><p>Amadjar is the eighth album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, released in 2019. The album’s title means “the foreign traveler” in the Tamasheq language.</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/dub/" rel="tag">#Dub</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Guitars on the road…</p><p>When you’re a <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> musician, there aren’t so many ways to travel with your guitars…</p><p>Source: unknown</p><p><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>

<p>Desert Blues with Les Filles de Illighadad</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/desert-blues-filles-illighadad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/desert-blues-filles-illighadad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/desert-blues</span><span class="invisible">-filles-illighadad/</span></a></p><p>Listen to some Desert Blues by “Les Filles de Illighadad” live.</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Songhoy Blues – Al Hassidi Terei</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/songhoy-blues-al-hassidi-terei/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/songhoy-blues-al-hassidi-terei/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/songhoy-blue</span><span class="invisible">s-al-hassidi-terei/</span></a></p><p>Having fled Gao in 2012, when the city fell to fundamentalists who banned music, four Jimi Hendrix fans founded Songhoy Blues as a response to the obscurantism. Discovered by M.-A. Moreau and Nick Zinner, under the wing of Damon Albarn, influenced by Ali Farka Touré and Baba Salah, their debut album […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/songhai/" rel="tag">#Songhai</a></p>

<p>Ali Farka Touré live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-to</span><span class="invisible">ure-live/</span></a></p><p>At least 3 extracts from various documentaries showing Ali Farka Touré live, filmed in the 80s. 3 songs are included: Yulli, Ketiné and Ai Du.</p><p>Ai Du is on the album Talking Timbuktu, recorded with Ry Cooder.</p><p><a href="/tags/alifarkatoure/" rel="tag">#AliFarkaToure</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Ali Farka Touré – Safari</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-safari/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-safari/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-to</span><span class="invisible">ure-safari/</span></a></p><p>This track, Safari, is from the posthumous album “Voyageur”, from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, that was released on 10th March 2023, produced with Ali’s son Vieux Farka Touré. It is the first release of unheard Touré material since 2010’s posthumous Grammy-winning Ali &amp; Toumani, and features a collection of gems captured […]</p><p><a href="/tags/alifarkatoure/" rel="tag">#AliFarkaToure</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Bombino – Inar</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-inar/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-inar/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-inar</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Studio recording of the song “Inar” (If You Know the Degree of My Love For You) from the album “Azel” in 2016.</p><p>Bombino delivers an accessible sound that will appeal to fans of blues, indie rock, jam bands, world music and more…</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Ali Farka Toure &amp; Ry Cooder – Talking Timbuktu</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-ry-cooder-talking-timbuktu/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-ry-cooder-talking-timbuktu/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-to</span><span class="invisible">ure-ry-cooder-talking-timbuktu/</span></a></p><p>Mon correspondant allemand m’a offert cet album, Talking Timbuktu, pour mon anniversaire, il y a des années. Je me suis littéralement forcé à l’écouter, car c’était un cadeau…</p><p>Je vais probablement me faire lyncher, mais je n’ai jamais accroché. C’est beau, c’est bien fait, etc.<br>Le côté guitare et “desert blues&quot; [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/alifarkatoure/" rel="tag">#AliFarkaToure</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/songhai/" rel="tag">#Songhai</a></p>

<p>Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-funeral-justice/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-funeral-justice/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-</span><span class="invisible">funeral-justice/</span></a></p><p>Nigerien Rock band Mdou Moctar released an album in May 2024, “Funeral for Justice”, with eponym single.</p><p>Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2021 breakout ‘Afrique Victime,’ it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a></p>

<p>Tinariwen – Lulla</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-lulla/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-lulla/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-lu</span><span class="invisible">lla/</span></a></p><p>Lulla is a song about the conflicts in Mali, on Tinariwen‘s album “Imidiwan: Companions” released in June 2009. It’s the fourth studio album by the Tuareg band.</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Tinariwen – Tenere Den</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-tenere-den/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-tenere-den/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-te</span><span class="invisible">nere-den/</span></a></p><p>From the “Amatssou” album (May 2023) by Tinariwen, this new single “Tenere Den” connects Desert Blues and Country Music. A press release explains that the song “pays homage to the Tuareg revolution in the Kel Adagh region of Mali.” Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Təlle Talyadt, the new album by Hamouna Isewlan released last Novenber: an ode to the desert mountains.<br><a href="https://hamouna.bandcamp.com/album/t-lle-talyadt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hamouna.bandcamp.com/album/t-lle-talyadt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamouna.bandcamp.com/album/t-l</span><span class="invisible">le-talyadt</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a></p>

<p>Boubacar Traoré – Duna Ma Yelema</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/boubacar-traore-duna-ma-yelema/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/boubacar-traore-duna-ma-yelema/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/boubacar-tra</span><span class="invisible">ore-duna-ma-yelema/</span></a></p><p>Boubacar Traoré (born 1942 in Kayes, Mali), also known as “Kar Kar“, is a Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist.</p><p>Duna Ma Yelema (The World Has Not Changed) is an extract from “Je Chanterai pour Toi”, a film by Jacques Sarasin in 2001.</p><p><a href="/tags/alifarkatoure/" rel="tag">#AliFarkaToure</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a></p>

<p>Aratan N’Akalle – Bariz</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/aratan-nakalle-bariz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/aratan-nakalle-bariz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/aratan-nakal</span><span class="invisible">le-bariz/</span></a></p><p>After fleeing the crisis in North Mali, Aratan N’Akalle (“children of the country”) met in refugee camps in 2012. “Bariz” is a perfect image of the group’s work: a drop of Tamasheq culture which goes beyond the music that these young people want to transmit.</p><p>A rhythmic mix of blues and rock, the single sets the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a></p>

<p>Al Bilali Soudan – Djaba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-soudan-djaba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-soudan-djaba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-so</span><span class="invisible">udan-djaba/</span></a></p><p>Al Bilali Soudan are griots from the Tombouctou (Timbuktu) region of Mali. This is a family orchestra of fathers and sons, uncles and cousins, led by Abellow Yattara, a master of the tehardent – the Tamasheq word for the three-stringed n’goni.Yattara has been a prominent figure for over 40 years. He played on Ali Farka […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#Punk</a> <a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#Soundcloud</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Music from Saharan Cellphones</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-saharan-cellphones/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/music-saharan-cellphones/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/music-sahara</span><span class="invisible">n-cellphones/</span></a></p><p>Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation, released in 2011, of music collected from memory cards and cellular phones in the Saharan desert. In much of West Africa, cellphones are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Tinariwen (and Guests) – Nannuflay</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-guests-nannuflay/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-guests-nannuflay/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-gu</span><span class="invisible">ests-nannuflay/</span></a></p><p>Nannuflay (“Fulfilled”) from Tinariwen‘s album Elwan in 2017. With American rockers Kurt Vile and Mark Lanegan as guests.</p><p>In the Sahara Desert, an old Tuareg man comes back to the camp where he grew up for a party. He remembers the joys and the torments of the nomadic life he lived with a friend who […]</p><p><a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Bombino – Deran Deran Alkeir</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-deran-deran-alkeir/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-deran-deran-alkeir/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bombino-dera</span><span class="invisible">n-deran-alkeir/</span></a></p><p>Bombino (Omara “Bombino” Moctar) is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger. His music frequently addresses Tuareg geopolitical concerns and is sung in Tamasheq, the Tuareg language.</p><p>Deran is Bombino’s follow up record to 2016’s Azel. The album was recorded in Casablanca, Morocco and released in 2018. “It was almost [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Super11 – raw Desert Blues</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-raw-desert-blues/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-raw-desert-blues/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-r</span><span class="invisible">aw-desert-blues/</span></a></p><p>If you like pure raw desert blues, this video is for you, as it’s a perfect origin for so many contemporary artists from the Sahel region.</p><p>“Super Onze are the real roots of desert blues – Mali’s equivalent of Congotronics. This is how it all sounded before the electric guitar came in to the equation: […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Bombino – Nomad (EPK)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/first-listen-bombino-nomad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/first-listen-bombino-nomad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/first-listen</span><span class="invisible">-bombino-nomad/</span></a></p><p>“Nomad”, released by Omara “Bombino” Moctar in 2013, follows his first recorded album “Agadez” in 2011.</p><p>Omara “Bombino” Moctar, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter, was raised during an era of armed struggles for independence and violent suppression by government forces. His electrifying jams capture the spirit of resistance and rebellion [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Anansy Cissé – Aïgouna</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-mali-desert-blues/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-mali-desert-blues/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse</span><span class="invisible">-mali-desert-blues/</span></a></p><p>Anansy Cissé re-works the West African Desert Blues genre with a new, agitated attitude and souped-up guitar distortions.</p><p>Featuring the soku fiddle playing of Zoumana Tereta and accompanied by n’goni, bass and calabash, Cissé’s sound harnesses musical traditions and spits it out anew, taking us into “Mali Overdrive” (2014).<br>[…]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Anansy Cissé – Foussa Foussa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-foussa-foussa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-foussa-foussa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse</span><span class="invisible">-foussa-foussa/</span></a></p><p>Four years in the making, Anoura (The Light) sees the return of Anansy Cissé in 2021. Drawing inspiration from the tumultuous upheaval in his homeland, Anansy offers a positive message in these songs of love, respect and hope for better times ahead.</p><p>Remarkably Anansy Cissé began working on this, his […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a></p>

<p>Orchestre National Mauritanien Ahl Nana</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-national-mauritanien-ahl-nana/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-national-mauritanien-ahl-nana/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-na</span><span class="invisible">tional-mauritanien-ahl-nana/</span></a></p><p>Ahl Nana, l’Orchestre National Mauritanien, in lost recordings that defined the modern sound of the Sahara.</p><p>This album contains the first recordings of modern music from the Sahara and mark the birth of the genre that is known in the West as ‘Desert Blues’ or ‘Desert Rock’. Ahl Nana changed the folk music of the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mauritania/" rel="tag">#Mauritania</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Tamikrest – Awnafin</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tamikrest-awnafin/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tamikrest-awnafin/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tamikrest-aw</span><span class="invisible">nafin/</span></a></p><p>An iconic Saharan Rock band, Tamikrest was formed in 2006 by Ousmane Ag Mossa, Cheikh Ag Tiglia, and Aghaly Ag Mohamedine in Tinzawaten, on the border between Algeria and Mali, inspired by the musical heritage of Tinariwen, and driven by the desire to amplify the oppressed voice of the Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) people. It’s more Desert Rock, than Blues… […]</p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>Tinariwen, Sulafa Elyas - Sagherat Assani<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2q8g8U5als" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2q8g8U5als"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2q8g8</span><span class="invisible">U5als</span></a></p><p>Announcing the upcoming release of their tenth studio album, Hoggar.<br><a href="https://tinariwen.bandcamp.com/album/hoggar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tinariwen.bandcamp.com/album/hoggar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tinariwen.bandcamp.com/album/h</span><span class="invisible">oggar</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a> <a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a></p>