Songhoy Blues are not a typical blues band. The Malian group describe their music as "desert blues," but what comes out on their recent album, Résistance, is something that is far more engrossing, psychedelic, mysterious and musically diverse than the output of generic blues combos. Iggy Pop lends his gravelly vocals to "Sahara," a swirling whirlwind of funky rhythms spiked with guitars that prick like diamond-tipped needles.
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