Tuareg campfire recordings

Field recordings from the nightly performances of the musicians I travelled with in the Algerian Sahara. Desert Blues has evolved to embrace a hypnotic fusion of blues, rock instrumentation and traditional Tuareg music from Mali, and North Africa. A mix of musical styles fitting to a nomadic Saharan people. Emerging from the campfire conviviality are songs of love, of loss, of companionship and of a deep feeling for the desert. To hear Desert Blues performed around the campfire at night is an opportunity to re-connect with a simple human ritual that many of us do not have access to in our western lives.

Musicians featured:
Billal, Imaran én ténéré djanet (YouTube link)
Cheikh +Tahir from Tissalawen (Spotify link)