Various Artists / Festival Au Desert: Live From Timbuktu
Album: Festival Au Desert: Live From Timbuktu   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Aug 2013
Label:Clermont Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-09-01 Pull Date: 2013-11-03 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Nov 3 Oct 27 Oct 6 Sep 29 Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8
Airplays: 1 2 3 3 1 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 14, 2019: Cafe Nakhil
Dounia
4. Oct 25, 2013: Fight or Flight
Super Onze, Bienvenue
2. Nov 28, 2015: Clean Copper Radio
Taghlamt
5. Oct 23, 2013: Gegencang
Adibar
3. Nov 02, 2013: Music Casserole
Super Onze
6. Oct 04, 2013: Aporeia
Anbafo

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2013-09-01
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


Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Souleyman, Alhassan Bienvenue
2. Alasho, Mohamen Hymne A La Paix
3. Koite, Habib Wari
4. Toure, Ali Farsa Allstars Adibar
5. Tartit Democratie
6. Kouyate, Bassekou Paye
7. Imharhan Hanin Ekrachar
8. Tamnana Odwa
9. Amanar Efes
10. Seymali, Moura Mint Vaghu
11. Toure, Samba Anbafo
12. Igbayen Traditional Chant
13. Arby, Khaira La Liberte
14. Djire, Baba Dounia
15. Ahluwalia, Kiran Mustt Mustt
16. Maiga, Douma Super Onze
17. Konate, Oumar Bismillah
18. Koudade Taghlamt