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Recent Desert Blues Releases

  • Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
    Afrique Victime
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    The Tuareg guitar hero's sixth album is a diverse and deeply satisfying amalgam of desert blues and Western flair.
    - Timothy Monger
  • Optimisme
    Songhoy Blues
    Optimisme
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    The Malian desert blues quartet's triumphant third album is their hardest-rocking and most socially relevant set to date.
    - Paul Simpson
  • The Ripple Effect
    Toumani Diabaté / Béla Fleck
    The Ripple Effect
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    Previously unissued live date from 2008 from the American banjo master and the Malian kora legend that reveals two improvisers at their peak.
    - Thom Jurek
  • Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions
    Béla Fleck
    Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete …
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    This box includes both volumes of this Grammy-winning outing, its documentary film, and a previously unreleased live recording with Toumani Diabate.
    - Thom Jurek

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International » African Traditions » Desert Blues

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Desert Blues Artists Highlights

Tinariwen
Tinariwen
Alexandra Savior
Alexandra Savior
Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré
Mdou Moctar
Mdou Moctar
Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Corey Harris
Corey Harris

More Desert Blues Artists

Desert Blues Album Highlights

Dakar-Kingston
Youssou N'Dour
Dakar-Kingston
The Ripple Effect
Toumani Diabaté / Béla ...
The Ripple Effect
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions
Béla Fleck
Throw Down Your Heart: The ...
Azel
Bombino
Azel
The Secret
Vieux Farka Touré
The Secret
Daily Bread
Corey Harris
Daily Bread

More Desert Blues Albums

Desert Blues Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
Diarr Diarr
Hakim Abdulsamad / Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour
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Bamako
Béla Fleck
Toumani Diabaté / Béla Fleck
Tulinesangala
Nakisenyi Women's Group / Traditional
Béla Fleck / Nakisenyi Women's Group
Naqqim Dagh Timshar (We Are Left in This Abandoned Place)
Bombino
Sokosondou
Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré
Mami Wata
Olu Dara / Corey Harris
Olu Dara / Corey Harris
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Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Corey Harris
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Slow Jam [Live At the Thornbury Theatre]
Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré
Fulani Rock
Johan Hugo / Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal
Amidinine (My Friend)
Omara "Bombino" Moctar
Bombino

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