Any band that hails from outside the white picket fence that encircles pop's cosy, English-speaking kingdom will at some point encounter a fork in the road. Having achieved exposure by staying true to ...

As inquisitive music fans seek out ever more interesting textures and beats from around the world, it comes as no surprise to see an exotic Touareg blues outfit from the deserts of Mali being ...

Tuareg desert blues veterans Tinariwen have a world tour coming up, but it won't come to North America because of the extremely fucked-up travel bans currently in place in the US. This shit sucks! The ...

In a musical landscape where everything feels slightly second hand, where everything’s a reference, an homage or a blatant rehash of what’s gone before — where even the great iconic acts of the ...

“Imidiwan Ahi Sigdm” translates to “Friends, Hear Me!” Friends, companions, hear my truth And my conviction These banishments that befall us Bring no joy, neither to my heart Nor to that of the youth ...

Following their 2007 breakthrough Aman Iman: Water Is Life, the desert guitar band from Mali returns with a more communal album. Save this story Save this story Travel changes you. It has to. There's ...

Tinariwen have been one of the great African success stories of recent years, taking their rousing, slinky desert blues from the Sahara to the concert halls of the world. But after the pounding, ...

Imidiwan is the group’s fourth album, following 2007's highly acclaimed Aman Iman and the earlier (and even more highly acclaimed) Amassakoul. They’ve won a stack of accolades and will win a stack ...

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