Comments on: Nomads sport nice scarves

By: KALW Africa Mix

KALW Africa Mix — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:40:59 +0000

Matt,
After having just seen a short documentary on the Tent Sessions at Festival in the Desert, I am craving to go in 2008. I was considering an organized trip ,but if others know how to do it, I’d love to join in. Meanwhile I have Abacabok (now that it’s out) and it’s quite good. Between Tinariwen, Etran Finatawa, and Tartit, I think I prefer Etran Finatawa. But they’re all so good. I like to play them along with Mamar Kassey (of Niger) on my radio show.

Thanks always for the info at Benn Loxo.

Pamela

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:28:20 +0000

Re: you can hear 4 songs from Tartit’s new album “Abacabok” on the band’s MySpace : http://www.myspace.com/tartit

By: outeast

outeast — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:23:11 +0000

I was going to go to the FitD last winter, even got as faras getting the necessary innoculations, but then my wife got kind of pregnant*… 2008 sounds like a feasible time to go, though… I might be good for that!

*Baby Nicolas is sitting on my lap as I write:)

By: CC Smith

CC Smith — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:25:17 +0000

This just in: Tartit’s next album, titled Abacabok, is about to be released on Crammed Discs/Belgium (Craw34) on Oct. 24, and will be distributed in the US by Ryko. Dig it!
This time the group is made up of 4 men and 5 women, and the notes say “the women sit down, sing, and play cyclic rhythms on their tinde drums, while the men sing and play string instruments… The men are veiled, the women aren’t. Tuareg society is one of the few throughout Africa in which women are allowed to choose (and divorce) their husbands.
You go, gals!
http://www.crammed.be

By: p3dro

p3dro — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:17:40 +0000

Cool. This is a new band for me. And excellent too. Have ordered a copy of the cd. And can I can smugly gloat that I’ve already booked my tickets and flights for festival in the desert for Jan 2007. Can’t wait.

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:37:06 +0000

By the way – enjoy your vacation!

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:36:36 +0000

First – thank you for all the great things you publish here!

I would definitely join a small group heading to Essakane! I was once there, three years ago. And I would definitely do it a second time, avoiding an organised trip though. There are now about three or four different festivals in the desert around the Tombouctou and Gao region. Anyway there are so many different festivals in West-Africa, many of them worth any visit – but Essakane is magical.

By: Rudolph Carrera

Rudolph Carrera — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:51:21 +0000

Your site gets better and better every time I check up on it. Thanks for providing the blogosphere with samples of such wonderful music!

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RudyCarrera.com » Nomads sport nice scarves — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:46:59 +0000

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By: robin

robin — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:14:07 +0000

FYI, there is a new Festival sur le Niger (www.festivalsegou.org) that is much cheaper and easier to get to, held in February in Segou, which is a pretty town. I saw Oumou Sangare, Ali Farka Toure, Salif Keita, and others there.

No, it’s not the desert, and doesn’t have the same cache. But I’ve heard the Festival au Desert is becoming overpriced. Not that I’ve been — that’s just what I’ve heard from people who paid full price (300 Euros, not including getting there, which would take several days from Bamako) …