Consumer Guide: June, 2020
From 50 million sold to giving it away for free, from righteous anger to righteous humor, from everything is beautiful to everything sucking — it's a big world out there. Let's hope it stays that way
| Robert Christgau | Jun 10 |
Al Bilali Soudan: Tombouctou (Clermont Music) From Timbuktu, as we spell it, four or five male blood relatives shout and expostulate their songs in Tamashek, Songhai, and it says here French and English as they thrash and manipulate their ngoni-like tehardents. Whether conjoining barely coexisting peoples or boosting kind women who are better than they …