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Nomad Blues Act Etran Finatawa Returns to United States for September and October 2008 Dates

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2008-09-03 15:20:33 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Etran Finatawa returns to the US for the third time this year. Etran Finatawa. They are six Tuareg and Wodaabe musicians now based in Niamey, Niger. Etran Finatawa, whose name literally translates as the stars of tradition, began as a group of ten musicians who wanted to unite these two nomadic cultures as a symbol of peace and...
 
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Etran Finatawa-Desert Crossroads

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2008-06-03 00:18:46 by Passion of the Weiss in Passion of the Weiss
Etran Finatawas Desert Crossroads has provided subtly wonderful background music for me these past few weeks, so it was a pleasant surprise to go to Pitchfork last week and read their edifying and well-written review of the record. Id rehash for you but I honestly think youre better off heading there to learn about this collaboration between...
 
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Saharan Sensation Etran Finatawa Return to the United States in September 2008

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2008-08-05 03:18:04 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Etran Finatawa , a band that includes Tuareg and Woodabe nomads, will return to the United States for September-October tour. Etran Finatawa visited the U.S. earlier this year and returns to North America to its new album, Desert Crossroads The band includes six musicians Tuareg and Wodaabe people now based in Niamey, Niger. Many of the songs...
 
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ETRAN FINATAWA - Desert Crossroads (Riverboat)

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2008-05-29 06:47:00 by Con in A World of Music
...Etran Finatawa, whose impressive debut album Introducing ran the risk of being crowded out of this relatively narrow field The answer, judging from this follow-up, is in a place where a lighter, peppier take on the genre is punctuated by a series of more traditional, meditative tunes. Allying Tuareg rhythms with the call and response vocals...
 
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PODCASTEVENT COVERAGE:NUITS D'AFRIQUE 2008-Etran Finatawa

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2008-07-12 14:01:00 by WorldSpace Satellite Radio in World Music Blog
...ETRAN FINATAWA has been all the buzz in the world music world. Their make-up and costumes...their trance-like dances...all combined with a hypnotic desert blues sound...it's amazing and it's won over tons of fans over the past several years This is THE show that I really wanted to see at this years NUITS D"AFRIQUE 2008 . I gotta tell you,...
 
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Desert Guitar Combo Etran Finatawa Plot World Tour

2008-09-19 07:30:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
 
Photo by Ulf Lieden Niger's desert guitar slingers Etran Finatawa will cross more than roads this fall on tour; they'll cross the Atlantic. Traveling from their Saharan home, they will support this year's Desert Crossroads with dates in the U.S., UK, and mainland Europe Etran Finatawa's next show is September 20 in Madison, Wisconsin read more
 
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Tuareg Woodabe Band Etran Finatawa Will Tour United States in April

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2008-03-17 03:47:23 by Editor in World Music Central
...Etran Finatawa will perform in the U.S. for the very first time this April. The group will be promoting its new album, Desert Crossroads They are six musicians Tuareg and Wodaabe people now based in Niamey, Niger. Many of the songs on Desert Crossroads reflect their longing to return to their roots the nomadic lifestyle which relies on...
 
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EVENT COVERAGE:NUITS D'AFRIQUE 2008-Etran Finatawa in the audience

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2008-07-13 16:06:00 by WorldSpace Satellite Radio in World Music Blog
...ETRAN FINATAWA and their great performance onstage at the KOLA NOTE on Friday night. Last night, they were in street clothes in the audience at the ANDRE-MARIE TALA concert...dancing, singing and taken tons of pictures. They are obviously music lovers and they obviously know how to have a good time Get your NUITS D'AFRIQUE 2008 LIVE widget...
 
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Chronicle of April 2008

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2008-06-01 20:00:00 by Mark Alburger in 21ST-CENTURY MUSIC
...Etran Finatawa (Stars of Tradition), a band from Niger. Symphony Space, New York, NY. "It was easy to tell who was who. Three Wodaabe musicians wore long, almost rectangular robes, hats with a single feather pointing skyward and white stripes of face paint down their foreheads and noses. Three Tuareg musicians wore ornately embroidered...
 
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