The music lines of Samira's Blues follow the roots of lead singer and songwriter Samira Dainan. Samira's journey into her Arabic, Berber and African heritage led her to the music of Morocco and the Sahara. In Amsterdam she writes songs for her band together with guitarist Bas Gaakeer. Their music takes you through the Sahara to the Malian shore on the other side. A fifty-day walk, the sign says in M'Hamid el Ghizlane, the last village before the desert. The band covers the distance in a few minutes: from subdued dreamy parts to outright desert guitar, which is causing a furore as far as Niger – thanks to Facebook. On April 6, her band Samira's Blues performed their spiritual desert blues in Paradiso Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. With her tribe, virtuoso guitarist Bas Gaakeer, groove master Hassan Ait-Moumad on bass and the hypnotic drum beats of Abdel Alariachi and Joshua Samson, they now present the new E.P. “Salam”.