Etran Finatawa
Desert Crossroads

The stripped-down, energized North African desert sound, with its hypnotic percussion pulse, spiky guitars and, wide-open vocals, has been getting a l...

So-called “Tuareg blues” came blasting out of the Sahara less than a decade ago, in the process reaching international audiences with an ear for its p...

So-called “Tuareg blues” came blasting out of the Sahara less than a decade ago, in the process reaching international audiences with an ear for its p...

Lately the modern Sahara sounds like the Mississippi Delta of the Twenties: a font of world-class musicians exorcising serious blues. Niger's Etran Fi...

Desert Crossroads couldn't be a more apt title for Niamey, Niger's Etran Finatawa. This sextet's potent, trance-y "nomadic blues" is a blend of two W...

This band should appeal to any followers of Tinariwen in need of a new blast of the desert blues - if with a slightly lighter but less sophisticated e...