#2240: Festival in the Desert

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Every year in Mali just outside of Timbuktu, the annual Festival in the Desert is held, celebrating the music and culture of the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara. All who can make it, that is. To get to the festival site at Essakane, one needs a 4x4 jeep equipped for the desert for the five hour trek across the dunes. Even so, last year’s festival included such world-class performers as Ali Farka Toure and Oumou Sangare, along with other non-African artists like the French group Lo'Jo and the Dine/Navajo Blackfire trio, not to mention Justin Adams and oh yes – former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. On this New Sounds program, hear selections from the recent release of live concert music from the Festival and more.

PROGRAM # 2240, with The Festival in the Desert (First aired on Tues., 1/27/04)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
West Africa	Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music	Tuareg Medicinal Chant, excerpt [3:30]	Nonesuch Explorer #79709** www.nonesuch.com*
Various Artists	Festival In The Desert	Tinariwen: Aldachan Manin [3:30] Adama Yalomba: Politique [3:00] Oumou Sangare: Wayena [3:00] Ludovico Einaudi & Ballake Sissoko: Chameaux [4:00] Ali Farka Toure: Karaw [5:00] Robert Plant & Justin Adams: Win My Train Fare Home [6:00] Takamba Super Onze: Super II [5:00] Afel Bocoum: Buri Baalal [5:00] Django: Laisse-moi Dire [2:30]	World Village #468020** www.worldvillagemusic.com*
West Africa	Drum Chant & Instrumental Music	Kouco Solo [4:00]	See above.

*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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