Tracks

1. The Cup of Memory
   Secret Archives of the Vatican
   http://www.brokendrumrecords.com
2. Wadi Kadisha
   Scott Jeffers
   http://soundcloud.com/scottjtraveler/wadi-kadisha
3. Corsairs of Byblos
   Scott Jeffers
   http://soundcloud.com/scottjtraveler/corsairs-of-byblos
4. Into the Sunrise
   Thousand Yard Prayer
   http://thousandyardprayer.bandcamp.com/releases
5. Istanbul
   Batthebat
   http://soundcloud.com/batthebat/istanbul
6. Istanbul
   Elmomaclroy
   http://soundcloud.com/elmomaclroy/istanbul
7. Aksaid Wili Moudanine (Ask Our Brothers the Immigrants)
   Rais Haj Omar Wahrouch
   https://www.dust-digital.com/kassidat/
8. Aylana
   Idassane Wallet Mohamed
   http://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/issawat
9. I saw a lady in Marrakesh
   Mooneyham
   http://soundcloud.com/moonyham/i-saw-a-lady-in-marrakesh

Music is the purest form of art...therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside. Rabindranath Tagore

Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali

“Our musician was on his way to a wedding in a village outside Gao, his car laden with instruments and equipment. At the checkpoint he was ordered to step down from his car by a MUJAO militiaman who then proceeded to search it. All the instruments are taken out and piled up by the side of the road; guitars, teherdent, amps, speakers, calabashes. The pile was doused in petrol and set alight. The musician was too scared to shout out, or cry, or flee. There were guns everywhere. He just stood and watched as his livelihood went up in flames. If he made a scene or showed any emotion, he knew that his own life would be in danger.”

Andy Morgan, who managed Tuareg desert blues band Tinariwen for seven years, has just released this very reasonably priced book. You can get it in various paper and digital formats from HERE. ____________________________________________________________________