Tamikrest: Toumastin – review

(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 than their debut, with reggae and funk touches in the mix and a more stalwart set of songs. Assouf, the Tamashek word for homesickness, provides one strand, but the most winning numbers – the uptempo "Tarhamanine Assinegh" – are stately love songs o...

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