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Emmaar
8.1
Must Listen

Emmaar

Tinariwen
Exiled from their Saharan homeland by conflict, Tinariwen carried the desert with them to California and made their most accessible and urgent record.
Bishop Taylor · Desert Blues · 2014
The River
8.5
Must Listen

The River

Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré proved that the blues did not begin in the Mississippi Delta — it began on the banks of the Niger.
Bishop Taylor · Desert Blues · 1990