"Group Inerane is the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution sweeping across the Sahara Desert and inspired by the rebel musicians that started this music as a political weapon used to communicate from the Libyan Refugee camps in the 1980s and 1990s. Spearheaded by the enigmatic guitar hero Bibi Ahmed, Group Inerane has been together for several years and carries the rich tradition of Tamachek guitar songs for another generation. These ten tracks are a combination of amplified roots rock, blues, and folk in the local Tuareg styles at times entering into full-on electric guitar psychedelia. This music is performed with two electric guitars, a drum kit and a chorus of vocalists. The recordings were captured live in the city of Agadez in the Republic of Niger."
My favorite Saharan music I've heard yet. Ahmeds guitar weaves you through the gorgeous expanses of desert, into the hearts of the protesters and then on high like a vulture on a heat thermal looking for the corpses of the decaying. A bitter-sweet album that faces you with the civilian affliction of conflict, but you can't seem to listen to this album without smiling and I think that's exactly what they intended.
You need this album.
Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger)
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