Mali's Songhoy Blues stood in to fill the gap in Lakeside's lived music diary after another West African band, Debedemba, pulled out of their gig last week through illness. All credit to the Nottingham's leading world music venue for landing such a stunning replacement.
Songhoy – the name comes from an ethnic group of northern Mali - were formed after guitarist Garba Touré fled music-hating jihadists and met fellow exiles in the country's capital Bamako. The 'Blues' bit is...
