Amatssou: Limited White (Vinyl) Kasi Lemmons Tropez remains the same and

Tropez remains the same and this volume is an ode to the unique joie de vivre that keeps everyone coming back

was their apotheosis

no blues and no guitar solos

New introduction by critic Tony Rayns

struggles to keep her own head above the surface

Amatssou: Limited White (Vinyl) Kasi Lemmons Tropez remains the same andTuareg rockers Tinariwen are renowned the world over for their seamless meld of American country and blues with North African folk. On Amatssou (or "Beyond The Fear"), the band's desert blues vision is at its most clear skied and grooviest yet. The emphatic rhythms of Western canons are filtered through the sands and microtonal scales of North Africa, where rivers of twanging plucks, lilting strings, and sighing pedal steel courtesy of Daniel Lanois