Yes, there are both guitar and bass, among the more traditional instruments, but it is still easy to imagine that something like this would ökenbluesen from the north of Mali have allowed if not Tinariwen had invented the rockbandsvariant which became one of the 00-century's greatest världsmusiksuccéer, with countless followers.
is the centre, instead, four women who sing and drum, in front of a circle of male musicians (lutes, err, flute), which was also a more traditional order. The hypnotic groovet built mainly of voices, of Fadima Walet Omar's cracked försångarstämma and svarskörerna as the hooks so that everything seems to be going around and around.
It is a harsh music, but also sometimes amazingly beautiful, with a melancholy enhanced by also Tartit, have been forced south by the terror and civil war.
Best track: ”Asaharaden”
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