Tiris: Sandtracks – review

(Sandblast/Believe Digital)If they weren't stranded in refugee camps in the desert in south-west Algeria, Tiris would surely be one of the success stories of north Africa. They are an eight-piece band of Saharawis, who fled from the upheavals in their homeland, in the Moroccan-controlled western Sahara, but have created their own fusion of local styles, reggae, jazz and flamenco. This is not so much an album of desert blues but of upbeat desert R&B, with slinky dance rhythms matched against the ...

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