Ahl Nana L'Orchestre National Mauritanien 12/7/10 Mercer's vocals and melodies will

Mercer's vocals and melodies will almost certainly evoke the Shins to some degree or another

and previously unseen musicianship

the Arctic Monkeys

The six-piece Dallas-Fort Worth group channels all that makes this vast state unique: tradition

Ahl Nana L'Orchestre National Mauritanien 12/7/10 Mercer's vocals and melodies willLost recordings that defined the modern sound of the Sahara. This album contains the first recordings of modern music from the Sahara and mark the birth of the genre that is known in the West asDesert Blues or Desert Rock. Ahl Nana changed the folk music of the Sahara to modern, cosmopolitan music by using Western instruments like the electric guitar. They paved the way for artists like Ali Farka Tour, Tinariwen, Mdou Moctar or Bombino. Although the