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"The album is a remarkable one in many ways, not least in the fact that it so demonstrably illustrates that she had an innate capacity to blend cultures whilst still preserving her Malian roots. With the majority of the tracks taken from her Timbuktu Tarab release, the music defies simple pigeon-holing. Yes, there is an underlying desert blues feel and whilst her band draws on and mixes rhythms from various Malian regions and traditions, these are then intriguingly fused with electric blues, funk, psychedelia and reggae. Indeed her band on this recording is very much of a rock format, lead, rhythm and bass guitars and percussion, with the addition of a musician contributing traditional tehardent and ngoni. Factor in two backing singers of extraordinary talent and the result is an electrifying set".

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