Record of the week:

Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara - Tell No Lies (Real World Records)
Rating: 9 (out of 10)

Eleven new desert blues tracks from Brit guitarist Justin Adams in collaboration with Gambian one-string spike fiddler Juldeh Camara. They mix Northwest African sounds with Western rock dynamics in new and exciting ways that never lose the integrity of their sources. Ali Farqa Toure meets Bo Diddley in a battle of the bands. Absolutely essential hypnotic trance music. Adams and Camara will be performing at this year's Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 17-19. Go to thefestival.bc.ca for details.
- John Goodman