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<p>Mdou Moctar – Wiwasharnine</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-wiwasharnine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-wiwasharnine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-</span><span class="invisible">wiwasharnine/</span></a></p><p>“Wiwasharnine” is from Mdou Moctar’s full length album “Ilana: The Creator” in 2019.</p><p>Born in a nomad camp in Niger and now a leading figure of desert rock, Mdou Moctar stands out as the most innovative artist in contemporary Saharan music. His unconventional interpretations of Tuareg guitar have pushed him to the forefront of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<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>Imarhan - Essam<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nYzGz2VGU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nYzGz2VGU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nYzG</span><span class="invisible">z2VGU</span></a></p><p>Bandcamp: <a href="https://imarhan.bandcamp.com/album/essam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="imarhan.bandcamp.com/album/essam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">imarhan.bandcamp.com/album/ess</span><span class="invisible">am</span></a></p><p>When Tuareg Poetry meets Electronic Music.</p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Imarhan - Tamiditin<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwyKbSCyTY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwyKbSCyTY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwyKb</span><span class="invisible">SCyTY</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Baly Othmani (R.I.P) – Amin Amin</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-baly-othmani-awalin/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-baly-othmani-awalin/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan</span><span class="invisible">-baly-othmani-awalin/</span></a></p><p>Born in 1953 in Djanet, the author, composer and singer Othman Bali (aka Baly Othmani), was the initiator of a musical movement introducing the lute in traditional music and poems learnt from his mother, a reknown Tinde singer, with whom he travelled the world before he passed away […]</p><p>Pinging <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@steveshehan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steveshehan</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Steve Shehan, de Bali à Baly</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-bali-baly-documentary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-bali-baly-documentary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan</span><span class="invisible">-bali-baly-documentary/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@steveshehan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steveshehan</span></a></span> vous invite au voyage dans ce documentaire qui retrace son parcours et sa rencontre avec Baly Othmani dans un film-documentaire, ci-dessous dans son intégralité (in French, with English subtitles), “Assikel, de Bali à Baly”, qui retrace le chemin parcouru de Bali, l’île d’Indonésie, à Baly, l’homme bleu…</p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Je vous invite au voyage dans ce documentaire qui retrace mon parcours et ma rencontre avec Baly Othmani dans un film-documentaire, ci-dessous dans son intégralité (in French, with English subtitles), “Assikel, de Bali à Baly”.<br>Découvez le chemin parcouru de Bali, l’île d’Indonésie, à Baly, l’homme bleu…</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-bali-baly-documentary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan-bali-baly-documentary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/steve-shehan</span><span class="invisible">-bali-baly-documentary/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/tamasheq/" rel="tag">#Tamasheq</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>From Tinariwen to al Qaeda</p><p>Whiskey-Drinking Rocker Transforms Into West Africa’s Most Dangerous al Qaeda Leader</p><p>&quot;A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed tens of thousands.&quot;</p><p>WSJ - archived: <a href="https://archive.ph/aObrx" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/aObrx</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/westafrica/" rel="tag">#WestAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</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>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>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>Tiwiza – At U Azeka</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-</span><span class="invisible">azeka/</span></a></p><p>Tiwiza offers North African indie blues rock, inspired by Matoub Lounès (Algerian Kabylian singer, poet and thinker), Tinariwen or Orchestre National de Barbès.</p><p>This band, based in France (Toulouse), intends to merge the Berber culture, which spans nine countries and encompasses Tuareg blues as well as Gnawa music, with the music of the Clash or […]</p><p><a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</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>Amaka Jaji – Tidet</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/amaka-jaji-tidet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/amaka-jaji-tidet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/amaka-jaji-t</span><span class="invisible">idet/</span></a></p><p>The Tuareg musician and photographer Amaka Jaji, born in Ghat, an oasis in the Libyan south and based in Tunis, fuses tradition with modern sounds in his debut album “TIDET” (truth).</p><p>“My vision is to take Tuareg and Sufi music and make it popular and understandable, so those who don’t know what I’m saying can […]</p><p><a href="/tags/libya/" rel="tag">#Libya</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/tunisia/" rel="tag">#Tunisia</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mystere-jazz-tombouctou/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mystere-jazz-tombouctou/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mystere-jazz</span><span class="invisible">-tombouctou/</span></a></p><p>The Orchestre Regional de Tombouctou, also known as “Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou”, did not release a recording until 1977.</p><p>During the era of Mali’s first President, Modibo Keita (1960-1968), the government created regional orchestras and arts troupes in each of the nation’s seven regions. These groups were state-sponsored and from 1962 they competed in […]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</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>Mdou Moctar – Ibitlan</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-ibitlan/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-ibitlan/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-</span><span class="invisible">ibitlan/</span></a></p><p>“Ibitlan” comes from volume 2 of the Niger EP series by Mdou Moctar. It was first released in 2014 as part of “Anar”, a special vinyl edition, from earlier recordings. Spaced out autotune from Niger. Tuareg guitar accompanied with loping drum machines and vocal plug ins, interpreted via the filter of Bollywood influenced Hausa pop. […]</p><p><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>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>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>Ishumar – Toumast</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toumast-2007/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toumast-2007/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toum</span><span class="invisible">ast-2007/</span></a></p><p>Ishumar is the first album by band Toumast, released in October 2006.<br>Moussa Ag Keyna, a former Tuareg fighter who took refuge in France, formed the group Toumast in the spirit of Tinariwen in the mid-1990s. He was joined by the singer Aminatou Goumar.</p><p>Lead singer Moussa Ag Keyna who, together with Aminatou [Goumar] and French […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>