With the heat wave that hit Ottawa this week, I looked to music from various people and places in and bordering the Sahara desert for the first hour. The second hour was given to a wonderful recording of Sima Bina with the Dastan Ensemble featuring a suite in Shushtari mode of Khorosan folk songs and vocal and instrumental improvisation.
| Tebel song of the Meherza Anonymous - Algeria: Sahara Music of Gourara - Auvidis |
| Le-Btayt Sid Ahmed - Lute and Voices from Mauritania - Naive |
| Tenalle Chegret Tinariwen - Imidiwan - Outside Music |
| A Dunya Etran Finatawa - Introducing - World Music Network |
| Tara Torna Chet Fewet - Libya: Music from the Sahara Desert - Buda |
| Salu Ala El Nebi Upper Egypt Ensemble - Al-Medina - Hollywood Music Center |
| Shushtari Sima Bina with Dastan Ensemble - Shades of Henna - Dastan |
| Ettal Pittal Ro Bevdo Rashid Khan Langa, Vahid Khan Langa, Rehmat Khan Langa - Sound of the Desert vol. 4 - SCI |
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