(Glitterhouse)
Modelled uashamedly on their feted elders, Tinariwen, this young Mali band deliver the same style of electrified desert blues; loping rhythms, rolling guitar lines, and cadent vocals. This second album is more polished and ambitious than their debut, with reggae and funk touches in the mix and a more stalwart set of songs. Assouf, the Tamashek word for homesickness, provides one strand, but the most winning numbers ? the uptempo "Tarhamanine Assinegh" ? are stately love songs or, like "Ayitma Madjam", calls to militancy to save a homeland threatened by political intrigue and rapacious mining. Given the current "Arab spring", they look and sound like future heroes.
Piper Perabo Anna Kournikova Esther Cañadas Kate Beckinsale Shiri Appleby
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