Dag Tenere – Iswat On Iswat, Dag Tenere play assuf music, also known as desert blues. The musicians combine traditional Tamashek music with original material…
New Desert Blues Talent from Tuareg Band Dag Tenere
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Reissue of Ali Farka Touré’s ‘Red’ Album
The album Red from legendary Malian musician Ali Farka Touré was reissued in March 2021, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Ali Farka Toure’s death…
Global Arts Live to Present Free Streaming Film Featuring Tuareg Artist Bombino
Global Arts Live has announced the upcoming streaming film Agadez featuring Nigerien Tuareg musician Bombino. The film will be streamed on Saturday, January 16, 2021…
Gitkin Unveils New Video “Footsteps”
Multi-instrumentalist Gitkin has released a music video for the song “Footsteps” featuring Carol C. The song appears on his ‘Safe Passage’ (Wonderwheel Recordings) album. Safe…
Gitkin Explores New Global Tonalities
Gitkin – Safe Passage (Wonderwheel, 2020) Gitkin, Brian J’s cross-genre world music project masterfully combines Tuareg-style desert blues guitar, flavorful Latin American rhythms, retro chicha…
Malian Blues from Remote Mali
Ali Farka Touré – Niafunké (World Circuit Music, 1999) Niafunké is a now classic world music album released in 1999 by the great Malian musician…
Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur to Release Afropentatonism
Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur have put together a pan-African All-Star band that combines two cultures. Desert blues musician Alhousseini Anivolla (Niger) collaborates with Ethio-jazz…
Gitkin, Funk Hybridization from New York’s Melting Pot
Gitkin – De La Canción (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2020) De La Canción is a 4-track EP from Gitkin, one of the projects led by Brian J…
Masterful Malian Guitar and Communal Memories
Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music, 2019) Malian guitarist, vocalist and composer Mamadou Kelly continues his collaboration with American musicians on Les Bateaux (The…
Tinariwen’s Alluring Nomadic Album
Tinariwen – Amadjar (ANTI-Records, 2019) The most famous of the Tuareg desert blues bands, Tinariwen, made their new album during a road trip from southern…