JamBase — Tinariwen will release a new album, ‘Amatssou’ featuring the lead single, “Tenere Den” and tour in the U.S. for the first time since 2019. more info
JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Phoenix, Seth Avett, The Lone Bellow, Rayland Baxter, BTTRFLY Quintet, Jason Carter, Tropical Gothclub and Tinariwen. more info
JamBase — Tinariwen will reissue 'Kel Tinariwen,' a cassette-only album originally released in 1992 featuring lead single "Arghane Manin," on November 4. more info
Stereogum —
Cass McCombs has always come off as a chill dude who writes chill songs, but he also likes to move in mystery. In the three years since he released
Tip Of The Sphere
, his last album, McCombs has been on a collaborative tear, working with people ... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — Tinariwen's eighth album, "Amadjar," was conceived on the road. Following an appearance Taragalte Festival in the Moroccan Sahara, the group traveled to Mauritania trailed by their French production team, in a camper van. Songs were put together duri... more info
Stereogum — Tinariwen, the Toureg desert blues-rockers and festival mainstays, have been putting their own windblown spin on Western classic rock since they formed in 1979, and they've been doing it for international audiences since the late '90s. Cass McCombs h... more info
Stereogum — Ever since the Malian "desert blues" band Tinariwen began to build an international audience at the dawn of the millennium, a steady stream of Saharan guitar music has been making its way around the world. The list of renowned Tuareg rock acts has gr... more info