Born to a Touareg mother and an Italian father, the singer-songwriter and guitarist Faris Amine offers a unique twist on the current African desert blues phenomenon, taking ten classic American blues songs and repatriating them to West Africa with their lyrics translated into Tamasheq, stitching the dual traditions of the Mississippi and the Sahara into a seamless hybrid. A Top of the World in #111.

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