What Can Cool A Heart That Burns

Saharan desert blues today from the pioneers of the genre, Tuareg musical collective Tinariwen. Following yesterday's theme, this selection comprises all of the Tinariwen songs that I have, mostly from music magazine cover mounted CDs, plus an orphan remix from Pocketknife and a complete session for legendary US broadcaster KEXP.

Despite the constraints of compiling a 10 song selection when I literally only have 10 songs to begin with, I think each side flows pretty well. That's more of a comment on Tinariwen's music than my sequencing skills, I suspect.

Wartilla (Side 2, Track 2) is taken from The Mojo Festival 2020 and is the only track not have any concert/performance information available. I can tell you that the original version appears on 2019 album Amadjar and features Warren Ellis & Stephen O'Malley, but I've no idea if either/both guest on this live version.

 

Side One

1) Oualahila Ar Tesninam (Live @ Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 2004) 

2) Tenhert (The Doe) (2009)

3) Chaghaybou (Live @ KEXP, Seattle, 14 April 2014)

4) Ikyadarh Dim (Pocketknife Mix) (2010)

5) Amalouna (ft. Noura Mint Seymali & Stephen O'Malley) (2019)

Side Two

1) Timadrit In Sahara (Live @ KEXP, Seattle, 14 April 2014)

2) Wartilla (Live, 2019)

3) Cler Achel (Live @ KEXP, Seattle, 14 April 2014)

4) Assouf (Album Version By Justin Adams) (2006)

5) Tahalamot (Live @ KEXP, Seattle, 14 April 2014)

Side One (20:01)

Side Two (20:04)