Tihoussay Tenere

from Iswat by Dag Tenere

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TIHOUSSAY TENERE (Beauty Desert)

Oh, poor desert, I greet you, be sure I will come back to you.
Even if we live in cities where water is abundant, nothing can compare to the abundance of your stars.
Oh, poor tenere, we greet you. Hopefully, as long as we are alive, we will return to you.
I was wrong to have left you, regrets and tears follow me wherever I go.

(Translated from Tamasheq language)

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from Iswat, track released April 23, 2021
Recorded at Toumastine Studio (Niger).
Mixed and mastered by Antoine Livenais from Studio Adjololo (France).

Produced with the support of African Culture Fund - ACF.

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Dag Tenere Niamey, Niger

Dag Tenere ("desert's children") is a band of Tuareg artists from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, whose music, a worthy heir to the "assouf" or "desert blues" style, transports us to a musical universe where the tradition of Tamasheq sounds intermingle with the rock and blues of Tuareg guitars to produce a rhythmic melody that makes us dream of a peaceful life in the heart of the desert. ... more

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