Desert Blues

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There is some really good stuff coming from Sudan these days. Tuareg music is mesmerizing and the modern stuff is great.
Before the slave trade made it to the Americas, the roots of the blues were played by North African Bedouins.

 

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It ain't better than this:

 

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It ain't better than this:

Not the same.

 

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I first heard about Ali and Desert Blues on KCRW radio

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Traveling from one desert to another... Mdou Moctar will be at Coachella this weekend.
He's called "The Hendrix of the Sahara"

 

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You may have heard this when you watched the Unfaithful movie

 

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