Akaline Kidal ( Vinyl ) { Vinyl }

In exile from his city in Northern Mali, singer/songwriter Ahmed Ag�Kaedy�returns to the origins of Tuareg folk with sessions of stripped down solo acoustic guitar. Mellow pentatonic notes dance over plaintive vocals, intimate and close�mic'd, endearing in their simplicity. Drifting from melancholic ballads and pleas for peace, "Akaline�Kidal" is a politically charged and poignant recording for a community ripped apart by division and civil war.