Tinariwen

You know how sometimes when you hear some music for the first time that you didn't know existed and it's just so good that all you can say is 'wow!' ??????

It happened for me a long time ago round my mate Glynny's house when he brought home Miles Davis' Tribute to Jack Johnson. It happened again the other evening when watching a Journey Through American Music on Sky Arts. The gyst was that African Muslim slaves and their religious chants were the basis of Blues Music.

To illustrate this this 'roots' theory they featured this performance by Tinariwen, a Touareg band from Mali with their own brand of desert blues.

Here they are



What made the moment a little more special was that I'd cooked chicken with lemon and honey and accompanied it with Couscous and roast yellow pepper, sweet white onions and cherry tomatoes which has a bit of a North African theme to it.

The Ibiza connection is that I'm fairly certain that I see these lads every morning going to work in a big ol' Merc after they've bought their breakfast in the pasteleria.