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The relaxed urgency of the sound is inspired by Cadogan‰۪s recent work with Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Songhoy Blues - Music In Exile triple spontaneous and unfazed by theOnce one of the most prominent and powerful of Mali's many ethnic groups, the Songhoy, who hail from the banks of the Niger River between the ancient cities of Timbuktu and Gao, have suffered a long slow decline since their apogee in the 6th and 17th centuries. Now largely living on the margins of the West African nation whose political and cultural life is dominated by the Bambara people of the south, they nonetheless retain a fierce pride in their