Before we get started, a quick reminder for anyone wishing to take part in our latest exercise in interactive blogging (as explained here) to send me a number between 1 and 26,482. Closing date is this Thursday, we'll share the results on Friday.
Now to the business of the day. On the Friday just gone I used a tenuous link to the Sahara as an excuse to share some music from somewhere nowhere near the mighty desert. This time round you are getting some proper Saharan sounds.
If you were asked to identify the musical hotspots of the world Niger might not be an obvious choice but there seems to be a never ending number of fantastic bands from that embattled country (possibly even more than 26,482). We have featured many of them already, including on the African Odyssey last year, but not yet today's guests.
Tal National produced three stunning albums in the mid 2010s, each of which are currently available for a bargain £7 in either CD or digital form on Bandcamp - something for you to think about when Bandcamp Friday rolls around at the end of the week. The band has been quiet on both the recording and gigging front since Covid, so it may be they have disbanded.
Today's selections come from their second album "Zoy Zoy" which came out in 2015. I have no doubt that you will enjoy "Zoy Zoy".
"Sey Wata Gaya" - Tal National
"Kodaje" - Tal National
666 please!
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Ooh, I'll play along too... can I have 4260 please? My first home phone number. Only four digits, those were the days.
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