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desert blues

BeatGrove lists 81 artists under desert blues (Mali) in the Blues family.

Listen beyond one desert sound

Desert blues is a useful browsing label, but these artists do not share one identical tradition. Ali Farka Touré’s Niafunké repertoire and Tinariwen’s Tuareg guitar offer different entry points, with different languages, communities and musical histories.

Smithsonian Folkways documents the older vocal and instrumental traditions behind some modern Tuareg guitar connections. Exploring those recordings alongside contemporary bands gives the category more depth than a guitar timbre alone.

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desert blues artists

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Afel Bocoum004UHSuggest a change
Mamane Barka00BMQSuggest a change
Sidiki Diabaté00M34Suggest a change
N'Gou Bagayoko00N35Suggest a change
Terakaft00NRFSuggest a change
Odadewethu00PA0Suggest a change
Tidawt00QYASuggest a change
Dobet Gnahoré00V40Suggest a change
Mohamed Ag Itlal00YGESuggest a change
Nahawa Doumbia010LTSuggest a change
Tikoubaouine01I0ESuggest a change
Staff Benda Bilili01ITASuggest a change
Touareg de Fewet01JLDSuggest a change
Hamid Ekawel01JXKSuggest a change
Daraa Tribes0293QSuggest a change
Group Doueh02EHKSuggest a change
Tindé02F1ISuggest a change
Ramata Diakité02HHASuggest a change
Daby Balde02JH4Suggest a change
Abdallah Oumbadougou02V14Suggest a change
Zoumana Téréta0347XSuggest a change
Tamkilwate03EO9Suggest a change
Hassan Hakmoun03IHDSuggest a change
Ibrahim Djo Experience03LNOSuggest a change
Toumani Diabaté03P1RSuggest a change
Bassekou Kouyate03SGQSuggest a change
Omar Moctar03SY0Suggest a change
Tinariwen03T7VSuggest a change
Kel Tin Lokiene0409KSuggest a change
Atri N'Assouf04321Suggest a change
Zani Diabaté0447ZSuggest a change
Nayim Alal04C29Suggest a change
Kaba Blon04F31Suggest a change
Issa Bagayogo04KYMSuggest a change
Amanar04MBUSuggest a change
Samba Touré04O57Suggest a change
Idrissa Soumaoro04VEUSuggest a change
Ali Farka Touré04ZNCSuggest a change
Koudede056ZZSuggest a change
Azawad05AQASuggest a change
Khaira Arby05AS6Suggest a change
Tiwitine05ATYSuggest a change
Mdou Moctar05GN7Suggest a change
Baaba Maal05HPJSuggest a change
Fatoumata Diawara05MC6Suggest a change
Sidi Touré05MOMSuggest a change
Group Inerane05OKVSuggest a change
Nabil Othmani061FOSuggest a change
Guelewar0698FSuggest a change
Alhousseini Anivolla06AGTSuggest a change
Etran Finatawa06AJBSuggest a change
Toumast06BX9Suggest a change
Sorry Bamba06EM8Suggest a change
TASUTA N-IMAL06X1LSuggest a change
Tuareg musicians07FGGSuggest a change
Liya Ag Ablil07I1QSuggest a change
Kel Assouf07M9JSuggest a change
Lobi Traoré07SJ1Suggest a change
Mamani Keïta07SMXSuggest a change
Tartit Ensemble081R8Suggest a change
Tuareg Nomads Kiah Keya081UESuggest a change
Adama Yalomba0824FSuggest a change
Donso082OASuggest a change
Sékouba Bambino08BUNSuggest a change
Tadalat08D0NSuggest a change
Kassé-Mady Diabaté08DWLSuggest a change
Majid Bekkas08IEKSuggest a change
Tamikrest08Y41Suggest a change
Moussa Bilalan Ag Ganta08YCXSuggest a change
Tuareg096EWSuggest a change
Hasso Akotey09AVOSuggest a change
Tarbiyat09IKDSuggest a change
Mansour Seck09KOSSuggest a change
Imaran09SP7Suggest a change
Takamba Super Onze09YTESuggest a change
Hamdawa0A1SYSuggest a change
Bombino0A2QISuggest a change
Tartit0A41USuggest a change
Tiris0A67ISuggest a change
DJAM!0C8JKSuggest a change
TAKAAT0CNL9Suggest a change