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Sample Track 1:
"Robert Plant's "Win My Train Fare Home"" from Festival in the Desert (CD)
Sample Track 2:
"Takamba Super Onze's "Super 11"" from Festival in the Desert (CD)
Sample Track 3:
"Ali Farka Toure's "Karaw"" from Festival in the Desert (CD)
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DVD Review
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Lionel Brouet's 2003 film fails to capture the essence of this remarkable festival, 70 km outside Timbuktu.  But visually and musically you can't go wrong: Tinariwen, Ali Farka Toure, Robert Plant and Tartit perform for Tuaregs and camels on the dunes at sunset and, in the bonus interviews, express homilies about being there. 

-- David Hutcheon 10/01/04
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