TINARIWEN
Aman Iman: Water Is Life
(Outside Music)

The music made by this seven-piece Toureg- yeah, the native people Volkswagen decided to name a freakin' SUV after- group is unlike any other and has turned "world" music on its head with good reason.  The group's vocal interplay and rhythms conjure up lonely kilometres of sand, heat and camel breath so real you can feel it.  Then the duelling guitar heroes get going and it's like the true blues for Allah.  That the lyrics don't mean squat to non-Berber speakers won't diminsh your enjoyment of this trance-inducing desert rock groove one grain. A-