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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" Various Artists
World Village

A few hours past Timbuktu, nestled among the sand dunes of the Sahara, 30 acts from around the world got together in Mali in January to rock the desert for an audience of nomads, tourists and camels. The live CD from the third annual, “Festival in the Desert” is a feast of treasures with a transcendental edge, with performers ranging from Malian singers Ali Farka Toure and Oumou Sangare to rocker Robert Plant.Each track has a different way of entrancing you. On “Tihar Bayatin,” the singing group Tartit creates an unrelenting, hypnotic rhythmic groove, using everything from traditional drumming to the inhale and exhale of breath.                           –Aimee M. Sims, AP Writer 10/30/03
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