Genres: Blues, African folk, Psychedelic blues
This album is really cool. It's by an African band from around the Sahara desert and produced by Dan Auerbach from the highly successful garage-blues band the Black Keys. Auerbach gives this record a cohesive and propulsive pace, the album has 11 tracks in just under 40 minutes, and a very clean atmospheric sound. The photo on the cover of a motorcyclist with a cape and guitar riding in the desert is perfect for this music. The lyrics, sung in language, are simple and poetic. What really stands out is the guitar work that is exceptional. The guitar reminds me of the blues influenced psychedelic work of Jimi Hendrix and the late great Malian blues-man Boubacar Traore. This means this has exceptional blues pedigree. The guitar is very fluid and melodic, it is the real focus of the tracks but this is mostly because I don't understand the lyrics without the helpful translation in the booklet. The tone of the album is rich, spacious and funky, which everybody can enjoy. Western music needs more exposure to this guy.
If you can listen to foreign language rock'n'roll then this is highly recommended.
RATING: 4.5/5
This is the song 'Azamane Tiliade' of the new album Nomad and it is really bloody good.
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