Erdi

Erdi opens Savane. Touré plays guitar and sings, Bassekou Kouyaté and Mama Sissoko play ngoni, Fanga Diawara plays njarka, Yves Wernert plays bass, George Sueref plays harmonica and Pee Wee Ellis plays tenor saxophone. It was recorded at the Hôtel Mandé in Bamako in 2004 and mixed at Livingston Studios in London.

Robin Denselow of the Guardian heard a simple, repeated bluesy riff on the dry, stuttering ngoni, with the njarka added, and called it a raw, powerful reminder that the blues came from this part of west Africa. He wrote that harmonica from Little George Sueref and saxophone from Ellis, who used to play for James Brown, then link the ancient music of Mali with contemporary blues. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork called it "a mesmerizing swirl of American and African blues."