Ambiances du Sahara: Desert Blues, released in '96, was a huge hit that lingered on Europe's world-music charts for months. Such success has sparked Desert Blues 2, a second double-CD compilation… By ...

PURE AND NATURAL: Both vocally and on the six-string, Bombino sounds sweeter than other desert blues artists he’s often linked to, such as Tinariwen and Etran Finatawa. “I don’t like to use a lot of ...

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Last November, when Stephen Colbert invited members of Tinariwen onto his cable TV show, he made history of sorts: Never before had a “desert blues” band gabbed about their lives — and performed — on ...

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