Nov 17 at 7 and 10 Tinariwen and Mamadou Diabate. The next best thing to the Sahara’s Festival in the Desert? Two top acts in Chicago: the hypnotic chants and guitar drones of desert nomads Tinariwen, and kora (African lute) master Mamadou Diabate. $28, D.

By Kevin McKeough and Stuart J. Rosenberg