After frothing at the mouth (and falling over backwards) about bad music yesterday, I wanna raise the level of the convo. Pleased to see that Slate's giving some love to Tinariwen. Both their CDs are smoking hot and highly recommended here at the HoD.

Also, from the weird lands of YouTube, here's a buncha guys playing the forro classic "Asa Branca" on the bagpipes. (no, I don't understand it either... that's why I like it)