Various Artists / Desert Blues 3
Album: Desert Blues 3   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Sep 2008
Label:Network Medien Gmbh  

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Add Date: 2008-10-12 Pull Date: 2008-12-14 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 14 Dec 7 Nov 30 Nov 23 Nov 16 Nov 9 Nov 2 Oct 26
Airplays: 2 3 4 2 2 2 4 5

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Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2008-10-07
Not sure why I bothered to review this one. Just put it in the CD and hit “play.” Or close your eyes and pick a track at random. Every track is sure to knock your socks off. Absolutely ass-kickingly fabulous. Sure to end up on “Best of” lists at the end of the year. Holy crap!
CD 1:
1. Flamenco-inspired guitar, midtemo, then female vocals. Gorgeous!
2. Mid blues guitar & great male vocals. Plus harp & fem chorus.
3. Downtempo Arabic-flavored fem vox, gentle guitar. Really lovely.
4. Midtempo Rai w/throaty male vox that gets soaring and big.
5. Soaring male vox, elec guitar. Down/mid and melodic.
6. Midtempo & bouncy w/cool percussion. Totally catchy.
7. Lowdown guitar/soft vocals, lowkey tribute to Skip James.
8. Cool vocals, upbeat guitar/perc/harp. Wicked Afro blues.
9. Balaphone intro to bright flute, kora, bass meld. Midtempo.
10. Gorgeous fam vox, liquid sax. Slow and dreamy.
11. Flute, guitar and warm male vocals. Flowing & midtempo.
12. Cool midtempo blend of perc/strings/vocals. Sweeping.
13. Kronos Quartet & Rokia Traore. Enough said. Slow & haunting.
14. Midtempo blend of vocals, guitar, synth w/a Latin touch.

CD 2:
1. Slow solo trumpet, vocals like a religious chant. Haunting.
2. Beautiful kora/violin/bass/perc/vocal trac, starts slow, picks up.
3. Wicked good Afro-swamp guitar, midtempo w/chorus. Yow!
4. Slow & smooth guitar/harp duet. Down & dirty and so good.
5. Slow, ngoni (lute),guir/perc and great bluesy female vocals, drivin’
6. Ngonis & e-guitar plus great female chorus, downtempo & smooth.
7. Buzzing guitar & throaty male vocals. Midtempo & cool.
8. Sweet guitar & gorgeous female vocalist. Relaxed and sensual.
9. Slow/mid w/easy-pickin’ e-guitars and relaxed vocals.
10. Slow, haunting, gentle w/soaring fem vocals.
11. Midtempo, sweet male vocals, cool harp solo, kora.
12. Mid/up bounce w/great guitars and cool, drivin’ vocals.
13. Down/mid w/great blend of sax/guitars/perc. Gets squeaky.
14. Soaring fem vocals in a slow, dreamy landscape.


Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Tounkara, Djelimady Fanta Bourama
2. Soumaoro, Idrissa M'ba Den Ou
3. Massi, Souad Raoui
4. Khaled Wahrane, Wahrane
5. Tiris El Nabi
6. Traore, Boubacar/Regis Gizavo Kanou
7. James, Markus Dream After Dream
8. Dagnon, Bako Lassidan
9. Fula Flute Keme Bourema
10. Gigi Bati Bati
11. M'baw, Cherif Baayo
12. Toure, Abdoulaye Alhassane Humaisa
13. Traore, Rokia Feat. Kronos Quartet Bownboi
14. Diabate, Toumani/Ali Farka Toure Ai Ga Bani
15. Youssef, Dhafer A Kind Of Love
16. Keita, Seckou Quartet Tounga
17. Toure, Ali Farka Penda Yoro
18. Traore, Boubacar Kar Kar
19. Malouma Yarab
20. Kouyate, Bassekou/Lobi Traore Banani
21. Oumbadougou, Abdallah Ag Imidiwan
22. Bagayoko, N'gou Kulu
23. Tinariwen Izarharh Tenere
24. Sangare, Oumou Djorolen
25. Koite, Habib Mali Ba
26. Amadou & Miriam Ce N'est Pas Bon
27. Mekurya, Getatchew Eywat Setenafegagn
28. Gigi Ethiopia