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Posts tagged Tinariwen

Festival in the Desert Postponed Because of Ongoing Mali Conflict

The Festival in the Desert has been sidelined due to the ongoing conflict in Mali. ... Read More »

Tinariwen: Members Caught in Warring Crossfire in Northern Mali

Two members of Malian world rock group Tinariwen are currently stranded in Northern Mali due to an ongoing conflict between warring factions in the region. ... Read More »

Yeasayer, Fool's Gold Join African Troubadours at L.A. Show

Perhaps a music festival's biggest asset is its ability to bring musicians together, which is ... Read More »

Mali's Bassekou Kouyate Wants the Whole World 'Speaking Fula'

There are many theories as to why Malian musicians have in recent years found such receptive ... Read More »

Saharan Nomads Beat Wilco and Bob Dylan to Album Prize

Tinariwen, the North African collective whose music has become a cult sensation across Europe, have ... Read More »

Baaba Maal Invites Us All to Senegal -- Let's Go!

Baaba Maal has spent most of his life musically reaching out from his native village of Podor, ... Read More »

Justin Adams, Lu Edmonds and Ben Mandelson Get Downright Triabolical

Hard not to look at the choice of 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' for the lone cover on ... Read More »

We Want It Now! For International Releases, US Is Behind the Music Curtain

A big world-music fan had a frustrating shopping experience recently in Los Angeles. "I was at ... Read More »

Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Get to Know Bo Diddley's Beat

Did Bo know? That'd be Bo as in Diddley, of course. AKA Ellas McDaniel, the rock 'n' roll architect ... Read More »

TransAtlantic Festival: Miami's New Musical Vice

Miami music? Anyone who watches TV knows that: burbling salsa-funk like what's been accompanying ... Read More »

Entrancing Etran Finatawa: Two Desert Tribes, One Musical Mission

No one would mistake a recent in-store performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood for the time Paul ... Read More »

Travel Without Arriving: Tinariwen's Journey to Global Consciousness

"You never get the impression that you've arrived." That's Eyadou Ag Leche, bass player for the ... Read More »