Recent Desert Blues Releases

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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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