Sahrawi music shares much in common with neighbouring musical traditions such as those of Mauritanian and southern Moroccan. The tbal is the basic instrument of percussion, though the traditional tidinit has largely been replaced by electric guitar.
From 1998, Nubenegra music label marketed several Sahrawi music CDs in the United States and Germany, with a first release of a three-disc box set from 1998 entitled Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara (catalogue number INT 32552). Featured artists in the compilation were singer Mariem Hassan with Leyoad and guitarist Nayim Alal. Nubenegra released solo albums for each - 2000's Songs of the Saharan Women and 2003's Nar (INN1114-2 and INN1117-2). Meanwhile, American label Rounder Records released their own compilaition Starry Nights in Western Sahara in 2000. Nayim Alal released his follow-up Sáhara, Tierra Mía in 2005 on Calabash Music.
On November 8, 2007 Tiris released the album Sandtracks on Sandblast Records to Western audiences.
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