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Sample Track 1:
"Robert Plant & Justin Adams - Win My Train Fare Back Home" from Festival in the Desert
Sample Track 2:
"Takamba Super Onze - Super 11" from Festival in the Desert
Sample Track 3:
"Ali Farka Toure - Karaw" from Festival in the Desert
Sample Track 4:
"Oumou Sangare - Wayena" from Festival in the Desert
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Festival in the Desert
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Zookbeat, CD Review >>

An impressive live recording of the 2003 Festival in the Desert. Most notably Ensemble Tartit, Afel Bocoum, Oumou Sangaré, Tiniwaren, take part of this compilation. Also, lesser known groups from Mali, Niger and Mauritania partake in this grand saharan extravaganza. Joining in... as well, are Western folkies (Robert Plant, Lo Jo, Adam Smith and co...) putting in their two cents in what was originally a musical gathering and musical festival of Tuareg and West African music. One hopes that the original intention of the festival remains..that of celebrating the beauty and magic of the region's music without Western trends infiltrating and "over producing" the event.  10/10/03 >> go there
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