Niger’s Les Filles de Illighadad use of choral chants always foregrounds the vocals, but keep track of the all-important fretwork of the guitar keeping rhythm.

The picked melody ebbs and flows like a river, corralling the voices into repeated motifs of call and response. The effect is spellbinding. The artistry feels so obvious and natural that someone who has never listened to west African pastoral folk will be quite happy to put the album on repeat.

Good music for typing, washing dishes, drinking coffee, doing laundry, and agreeing to Terms of Service that you don’t read in full because who does?

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