Sahara desert blues artists performing at the 12th Festival Au Desert, right after the festival ended Islamic extremists issued sharia law, banning music. The 2013 Festival was cancelled.
1: 0:16 spoken introduction in French
2: 2:02 slow, solo flute
3: 5:27 mid tempo, mellow almost trance guitar, percussion & male vocals
4: 4:38 mid tempo, mellow almost trance guitar, percussion & male vocals
5: 4:00 slow, male call & female chorus response trance like desert blues
***6: 3:23 slow, ngoni ( banjo sound) noodling, BIG bass
7: 4:11 mid tempo, desert blues e guitar, male vocal, big bass
8: 2:51 mid tempo, big male voc/WAIL, plucked strings hand clapping percussion
9: 5:06 mid tempo, pounding beat, male voc/wails, plucked
strings, swirl electronics?
10: 3:26 mid tempo, big male voc/WAIL, ngoni ( banjo sound) noodling at 2.00 fast percussion starts with fast frantic male voc/WAIL
***11: 4:41 fast, big male vocals with chorus response, bass, e guitar, talking drum
12: 3:32 slow, a chant/wail
**13: 5:00 fast, big bass, female big vocal/WAIL e guitar & drum kit
**14: 4:07 mid tempo, e guitar, bass, drum kit & male voc/wail
****15: 4:48 mid tempo, e guitar, bass, drum kit & GREAT female vocal/wail
****16: 5:46 mid tempo, sparse sound, but very nice plucked strings (kurbu a three string lute), big thumping percussion
****17: 4:59 slow, male & female vocals, big bass, searing e guitar bluesy psychedelic rock last half
****18: 9:00 mid to faster, e guitar bluesy psychedelic rock, minimal male voc, then at 5:00 a 16 sec gap then ****female vocal trance chant/wail with locked trance percussion