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Terakaft is a gang of guitarists, in the same vein as Tinariwen. Nothing astonishing about that if you consider that Terakaft was founded b… read moreTerakaft is a gang of guitarists, in the same vein as Tinariwen. Nothing astonishing about that if you consider that Terakaft was founded by Kedou and Diara, two formative and historical guitarists from Tinariwen. Moreover Kedou accompanied Tinariwen to the very first Festival with the Desert by … read more
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Ali Farka Touré
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Afel Bocoum
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Tinariwen
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Songhoy Blues
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Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
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