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Festival in the Desert | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: World Village USA
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 48816
Format: Import, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 468020
UPC: 713746802028
EAN: 7137468020288
ASIN: B0000CBLAM
Release Date: October 14, 2003
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| • | Super 11 - Yehya, Sahloum | | • | Buri Baalal - Bocoum, Afel | | • | Tihar Bayatin - Oumar, Fadimata Wal | | • | Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky) - Plant | | • | Ya Moulana - Aida, Sedoum Ehl | | • | Jah Kas Cool Boy - Pean, Denis | | • | Wayena - Sangare, Oumou | | • | Karaw - Toure, Ali Farka | | • | Aldachan Manin - Alhabib, Ibrahim Ag | | • | Politique - Yalomba, Adama | | • | Ariyalan - Akoky, Alhassan Mou | | • | Chameaux - Einaudi | | • | Ihama - Akreirou, Hamo Ag | | • | Le Juge Ment - Loiseau, Vincent | | • | Wana - Assadek, Kalli Ag | | • | Koultouleili-Khalett La - Chighaly | | • | Oubilalian - Kalansar, Tribu | | • | Fady Yeina - Salah, Baba | | • | What Do You See - Blackfire | | • | Laisse-Moi Dire - Sissoko, Ibrahima |
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Throwing an enormous Woodstock-style music festival in the middle of the Sahara desert--the gorgeous photos included in the booklet to Festival in the Desert make clear--isn't exactly easy. Held during the last three years in the shifting sands of northern Mali, the Festival in the Desert has brought together a mix of desert nomads and pop stars to play sublimely enchanting music in some of the harshest but most starkly beautiful conditions imaginable. Luckily for us, the 2003 Festival produced this impressive and varied CD, mixing together tracks from Malian superstars like Oumou Sangare and Ali Farka Toure with lesser knowns like the Mauritanian singer Aicha Bint Chinghaly and the desert nomads Tinariwen, who a few years ago traded their rifles in for electric guitars when the civil war in northern Mali abated. The biggest name here, of course, is Robert Plant, who turns in a wailing medley of old blues tunes. But Led Zeppelin-heads who buy the CD just for him--particularly those drawn to the Middle-Eastern strains of Plant's music from "Kashmir" through his recent collaborations with Jimmy Page--are in for quite a pleasant surprise when they hear the rest of the disc. What comes across the most, despite the star power present, is the energy of the live performances in such an extraordinary setting, making the Navajo rock band Blackfire, the gorgeous duet between Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi and the Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko, the otherworldly collaboration between French rappers Kwal and the Touareg (desert nomad) guitarist and singer Foy-Foy, and the French sisters Lo'Jo's duet with Malian guitarist Django all sound like natural pairings, unfolding together under the Saharan sky. --Ezra Gale
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 An Oasis of Music from the Heart of the Sahel June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So you can't make it to Essakane for the Festival in the Desert this year? Well don't worry, because theres finally a recording of performances from the annual festival on CD. For those not familiar, the Festival in the Desert is an annual event in Mali where artists from across West Africa (and, increasingly, across the world) gather in the middle of the Sahel (Africa's great dust bowl, the hot, dry, dusty region immediately south of the Sahara desert) for a performance. Some of the greatest names in Mande and Tuareg music appear on this outstandingly cool compilation - desert rockers Tinariwen, legendary wassoulou singer Oumou Sangare, Kel Tin Lokiene of Timbuktu, Mauritanian jali (griot) Aicha bint Chighaly, the late Ali Farka Toure (Mali's famous 'desert bluesman') and his protege Afel Bocoum, amongst many others. Adding a more international flavor, there are also appearances by artists from beyond the Sahel. Theres a collaboration between Justin Adams and Robert Plant (yes, THE Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin), French multi-cultural outfit Lo'Jo, and (most interestingly) a Navajo band called Blackfire. Any of these artists would be well worth it by themselves, and I strongly encourage you to seek out their individual releases if you like this CD, but together the result is... incredible. It's raw, live, gritty and dusty - just like if you were actually attending. So if you can't actually make it to Mali to see the Festival for yourself, maybe you should check out this CD instead. It will make you into a fan of West African music.
 A Fountain of Music from the Desert June 3, 2007
Free yourself from the prison of top ten chart poppers. Enlightenment of the soul is to be found when you journey far from the path. Music is an ancient art infused with the timeless cultures of the world. Have a taste of this mysteriously spicy dish and your palette will never be the same.
GREAT DOCUMENTARY - NOT A CONCERT DVD October 13, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Festival in the Desert" is a beautiful and well-made documentary of North and West African musicians, along with a few European and American artists, performing in the Malian desert outside Timbuktu at the edge of the Sahara Desert, in what has to be one of the most unique musical events in the world....it is NOT a concert DVD. As some of the other reviewers have astutely indicated, there are cut-aways during songs. Some performer's songs are only heard as "sound bites." That being said, I respect the production values put forth in this DVD, and enjoy it in a Zen-like manner- it is what it is. But if you are a person who is only looking for soup-to-nuts musical video, with lots of DVD "bells and whistles", I'd urge you to spend your hard-earned money on other DVD's.
Festival of the Desert 2006 April 21, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just returned, in January, from the latest edition of the Festival au Desert. The music was not as good as this album, but the experience of being at the most exotic music festival in the world certainly made up for it. The highlights, this year, were Habib Koite, an Irish traditonal band and the many lesser known Taureg bands that played throughout the three days. But I was introduced, via tape, to Tinariwen and I had gone hoping to catch Ali Farka Toure at the festival. Listening to this album has really taken me back to Essakane and the Sahara. It is truely a jewel of a cd, capturing some great perfomances by Lo Jo, Robert Plant, Tinariwen, Ali Farka Toure, and a Native American band called Blackfire. Great recording made out in the desert and a true treasure of Malian, Saharan, and other world music. I count it as a top five pick of recent African music.
Andy Hanson
 Disappointing! August 25, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was very excited when I saw this DVD in the store, and I bought it. I really wanted to see Oumou Sangare and Tinariwen perform live, but in both cases, just as the song starts, THEY CUT AWAY FOR AN INTERVIEW! Somehow they manage to include complete performances from the people I didn't care about (Robert Plant, the awful French group, the Navajo heavy-metal band...) while short-changing the actual local bands. The Navajo band is intriguingly weird: the lead singer gives a heart-felt speech about his people losing their culture and language, then the band launches into a heavy-metal song sung in ENGLISH. That was kinda (sadly) amusing...
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