London

I'm in London on Thursday 12 June - mostly because I'm off to see Waiting For the Barbarians that evening.

However, since I've got the whole day booked as holiday, I'm quite tempted to turn up and spend the day doing something civilised - at the moment, I'm figuring that this will involve cocktails or museums, plus some decent food.

Since at least some of my compatriots will be turning up later in the day(?), it's probably just me for most of this. As it's a Thursday, I guess most people are likely to be working - but if anyone is about and feels like meeting up, please let me know...

June's random music post - Tinariwen

May's random music post didn't happen - or possibly it just got hijacked by Dustin the Eurovision turkey - but here we are again...

Tinariwen

(link goes to their MySpace page, with streaming music from their last album, Aman Imam)

Possibly Mali's most famous band. Electric guitars and 'desert blues', beloved of the world music press.

And I'd have to agree, as I really like Tinariwen - I've got a couple of albums (including this one) and I saw them play Warwick Arts Centre a year or two back.

There's something about the guitar work and the rhythm that just grabs my attention and won't let go - Cler Achel is probably the best example of this out of the MySpace tracks, although the vocals aren't as strong as some of their other songs. But that's just my opinion.

...so what do you think...?

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