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Around The World In A Neddy Daze – 2nd Leg Edition: Sundays & Cybele, Tamikrest, Les Amazones d’Afrique, Sr. Langosta & Shintaro Sakamoto

2783 days ago
JamBaseSundays & Cybele, Tamikrest, Les Amazones d’Afrique and Sr. Langosta are among the acts featured in this week's RecommNeds. more info

LISTEN: New Tamikrest

2810 days ago
The QuietusTuareg rockers Tamkirest share exclusive stream of new track ahead of the release of new album Kidal, as Ousmane Ag Mossa explains how the group “carry the voice of our people” with their music. Homepage photo courtesy of Sebastien Rieuss... more info

WATCH: New Tamikrest Video

2853 days ago
The QuietusTuareg group share video for 'Wainan Adobat' taken from new album shot amongst the desert of their native; watch below. Homepage photo courtesy of Sebastien Rieussec more info

Kel Assouf review – Saharan blues in a leather jacket and jeans

3121 days ago
Guardian MusicRich Mix, LondonTuareg influences fuse with heavy rock guitars and keyboard solos in full-tilt songs about love, hypocrisy and exileIf Tinariwen and Tamikrest are the masters of Tuareg desert blues-rock, then Kel Assouf show how the music of the Saha... more info

Damir Imamović's Sevdah Takht: Dvojka review – a new take on Balkan blues

3125 days ago
Guardian Music(Glitterbeat)Sevdah is one of the great musical styles of the Balkans, with its songs of melancholia, loss or longing inviting comparisons with the blues, Portuguese fado or the sad-edged morna of Cape Verde. Damir Imamović comes from a family of... more info

Various Artists: Songs for Desert Refugees – review

4511 days ago
Guardian Music(Glitterhouse)Mali is one of the musical power-houses of Africa, but today it's a country in chaos, and its ancient culture is under threat. In the desert north, the rebels of the MNLA have been ousted by Islamist groups, adding to the crisis in whic... more info

Tamikrest – review

4897 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Borderline, LondonTamikrest must long for a review that doesn't mention the word Tinariwen, but this is clearly not to be the one. The band's leader, singer-songwriter and guitarist Ousmane Ag Mossa was only five years old when he first heard a T... more info

F&M Playlist

4945 days ago
Guardian MusicOur music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offMichael Kiwanuka I Need Your Company Although he's a 23-year-old from north London, Kiwanuka has the classic, heartfelt soul voice of a Bill Withers or Donny Hathaway. This... more info

Today would have been Roy Orbison’s 75th birthday

4964 days ago
Totally Fuzzy New album streams in our 3VOOR12 LUISTERPAAL widget. Part 1 All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes Cat's Eyes are an Alternative pop duo formed in early 2011 by vocalist Faris Badwan (most famous for his w... more info

Tamikrest: Toumastin – review

4971 days ago
Guardian Music(Glitterhouse)Modelled uashamedly on their feted elders, Tinariwen, this young Mali band deliver the same style of electrified desert blues; loping rhythms, rolling guitar lines, and cadent vocals. This second album is more polished and ambitious tha... more info

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