In the twenty years since Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré won his first Grammy, a whole spectrum of African Blues has become hugely popular with a global audience. The shades of Blues on this Rough Guide range from the deep indigo of the Saharan nomads to a vivid Madagascan cobalt.
Artists Include: Ali Farka Touré, Tamikrest, Bombino, Amadou Diagne, Samba Touré, Nuru Kane, West African Blues Project, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Lala Njava, Dominic Kakolobango, Dilon Djindji, Menelik Wesnatchew, Amira Kheir, Danyèl Waro
Bonus CD:
Alhousseini Anivolla: Anewal/The Walking Man
On Anewal/The Walking Man Tuareg guitarist and singer Alhousseini Anivolla
evokes the great African blues masters and blazes a trail through his Saharan
homeland.