http://calabashmusic.com<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/21158/baba_djire.jpg'>Baba Djire is a young singer from Djire, a desert town not far from Essakane, where the Festival in the Desert was held. Unknown outside the region, Djire has an extraordinary voice, and one hopes, a bright future performing and recording his tuneful original songs.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:28 -0500http://tentsessions.calabashmusic.com/#album_21158<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/21164/haria_arby.jpg'>Haira Arby has been called the nightingale of the North, and although she has never had an international release, she is unquestionably the reigning queen of song in Timbuktu, Mali. She sings about the traditional ways of the Songhai and Tuareg people, but also about contemporary issues, like democracy and development.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:28 -0500http://tentsessions.calabashmusic.com/#album_21164<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/21168/lobi_traore.jpg'>Lobi Traore, another fine African bluesman, has made his career in the nightspots of Bamako, hundreds of miles and a world away from the northern desert. Traore's music draws on the folklore of the Bambara people, whose Malian empire was the last to fall in the early days of French colonialism. A powerful singer and supremely expressive guitarist, Traore is only now beginning to receive the global recognition he deserves.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:28 -0500http://tentsessions.calabashmusic.com/#album_21168Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:28 -0500http://tentsessions.calabashmusic.com/#album_21172