Saharan Sensation Etran Finatawa Return to the United States in September 2008

Niger-based Etran Finatawa, a band that includes Tuareg and Woodabe nomads, will return to the United States for September-October tour. Etran Finatawa visited the U.S. earlier this year and returns to North America to its new album,  Desert Crossroads. 

The band includes six musicians – Tuareg and Wodaabe people now based in Niamey, Niger. Many of the songs on  Desert Crossroads reflect their longing to return to their roots – the nomadic lifestyle which relies on cattle, the great expanse of the Sahelian grasslands and never-ending dunes of the Sahara.

• 9/20 Madison Madison World Music Festival
• 9/21+22 Chicago Chicago World Music Festival
• 9/25 LA Japanese American National Museum
• 10/3+4 Bloomington Lotus Festival
• 10/8 Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Buy the CDs:

• In North America  Desert Crossroads (Coming soon) and Introducing Etran Finatawa
• In Europe: Desert Crossroads ad Introducing Etran Finatawa 

Read the CD review: Saharan Intersection