Songhoy Blues
Songhoy Blues is a desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali. The band was formed in Bamako after being forced to leave their homes during the civil conflict and the imposition of Sharia law. The band released its debut album, Music in Exile, via Transgressive Records on February 23, 2015, while Julian Casablancas' Cult Records partnered with Atlantic Records to release the album in North America in March 2015. The group is one of the principal subjects of the documentary film They Will Have To Kill Us First.
How Critics See Songhoy Blues
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Héritage
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 74/100 across 8 reviews.
Songhoy Blues's Héritage repositions the band as custodians of Malian songcraft, trading some of their prior electric pyrotechnics for an intimate, acoustic-forward collection that...
Héritage
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Songhoy Blues's Héritage repositions the band as custodians of Malian songcraft, trading some of their prior electric pyrotechnics for an intimate, acoustic-forward collection that...
