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"Cler Achel" from Aman Iman (World Village)
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"Tamatant Te Lay" from Aman Iman (World Village)
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-by Tom Hull  

Tinariwen: Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2006 [2007], World Village): Tuaregs from the desert of northeast Mali, where the lesson that life depends on water is painfully obvious. Their influences -- from the Sahel to the south, Arabs to the north, American rock from what must seem like outer space -- come from far away and resonate faintly in the vastness of their desolate space. Still, those roots are as imagined as real: they've moved on, out into a world where their music is recognized as universal. A- 05/01/07 >> go there
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