Desert Blues
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| - | In a sense with the development of the Desert Blues, modern music has come full circle. The development of [[the blues]] in America and [[reggae]] both have their roots firmly in Africa. Desert Blues music however has developed in Africa, most notably the Southern Sahara Desert | + | In a sense with the development of the Desert Blues, modern music has come full circle. The development of [[the blues]] in America and [[reggae]] both have their roots firmly in Africa. Desert Blues music however has developed in Africa, most notably the Southern Sahara Desert but is heavily influenced by American Blues and reggae music. |
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| + | Desert Blues music also reflects the turmoil in the lives of the Nomadic people of the Southern Sahara most notably the Tuareg people in Mali, following the end of French colonial rule. In this sense the music is truely blues. | ||
| + | In an interview in 2005 [[Ali Farka Touré]] who was one of the developers and poularisers of the genre, described Mali as, <br>"a library of the history of African music. It is also the sharing of history, legend, biography of Africa."<br> | ||
| + | Pioneers of Desert Blues like Ali Farka Touré began playing their music on traditional African instruments such as the njurkle, a one-stringed West African lute, or the n'jarka, a one-stringed fiddle, or the n'goni, a four-stringed lute. Eventually Touré transferred to guitar. Through radio he heard American soul, blues and funk, which he recognised as being rooted in the music of West Africa. | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, 20 September 2009
In a sense with the development of the Desert Blues, modern music has come full circle. The development of the blues in America and reggae both have their roots firmly in Africa. Desert Blues music however has developed in Africa, most notably the Southern Sahara Desert but is heavily influenced by American Blues and reggae music.
Desert Blues music also reflects the turmoil in the lives of the Nomadic people of the Southern Sahara most notably the Tuareg people in Mali, following the end of French colonial rule. In this sense the music is truely blues.
In an interview in 2005 Ali Farka Touré who was one of the developers and poularisers of the genre, described Mali as,
"a library of the history of African music. It is also the sharing of history, legend, biography of Africa."
Pioneers of Desert Blues like Ali Farka Touré began playing their music on traditional African instruments such as the njurkle, a one-stringed West African lute, or the n'jarka, a one-stringed fiddle, or the n'goni, a four-stringed lute. Eventually Touré transferred to guitar. Through radio he heard American soul, blues and funk, which he recognised as being rooted in the music of West Africa.
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