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Readers recommend playlist: your songs about deserts

2355 days ago
Guardian MusicTinariwen, Robert Plant, Brand New Heavies and Big Country are among the artists making this week’s reader-curated listHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks fo... more info

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn free 2018 Prospect Park shows: Breeders, Godspeed, Gary Clark Jr, Aimee Mann, more

2426 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe 2018 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival free show lineup also includes Rhye & Natalie Prass, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tinariwen, Antibalas, Brandi Carlile, The Jayhawks, Superchunk, Speedy Ortiz, and more. Continue reading… more info

Tinariwen – “Nànnuflày” (Feat. Kurt Vile & Mark Lanegan) Video

2472 days ago
StereogumTinariwen released their latest album, Elwan , early last year. And now the Tuareg desert blues masters are back with a new animated music video for the Kurt Vile and Mark Lanegan-assisted Elwan cut "Nànnuflày," which follows an old Tuareg man's r... more info

Mary Anne Hobbs 2017-03-18 with Tinariwen

2834 days ago
Core News“Mary Anne is joined by “soul rebels” Tinariwen from the Southern Sahara desert. The band, who formed in Libya in 1979 while exiled from the desert of northern Mali, talk to us about what desert blues music means to them and their people, in 20... more info

KEXP 2017 Spring Drive: Community Member Spotlight

2844 days ago
KEXP SeattleFrom North American acts like Grimes and Cherry Glazerr to Slovenian band Haiku Garden and Tinariwen from Mali, the sounds you hear on KEXP are as vibrant and unique as our listeners. The passionate music lovers who power KEXP play an essential role ... more info

Tinariwen - Elwan

2862 days ago
DrownedInSoundWhatever the elusive 'it' is, Tinariwen are a group of musicians who both have it and, more importantly, get it in spades more info

STEERING

2868 days ago
Said the GramophoneTinariwen (+IO:I) - "Ténéré Tàqqàl" [buy / beautiful music video] A warm welcome to travelers. Fresh water and food. Coffee from the stove. Directions given when asked. Soap and shower. Listening without giving unasked-for advice. Tea,... more info

Stream Tinariwen Elwan

2880 days ago
StereogumNext week, Tuareg desert blues greats Tinariwen will follow up 2014's Emaar with Elwan, another album that the group recorded in Joshua Tree, California. They recorded both LPs in the US because they've been forced to leave their Mali homeland. The n... more info

Tinariwen share new song “Assawt” — listen

2890 days ago
Consequence of SoundThe bold, rhythmic song addresses the "Tamashek women searching for their freedom." more info

Tinariwen – “Assawt”

2890 days ago
StereogumNext month, the great Toureg desert blues band Tinariwen return with their new album Elwan. And as with their last album, 2014's Emmaar , the band recorded it in Joshua Tree, California because they've been forced to flee from their Mali homeland. T... more info

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