Brooklyn Vegan — Malian Tuareg band Tinariwen are prepping for the release of a new album called Elwan, due out February 10 via ANTI-. The album, a follow-up to 2014's Emmaar, features contributions from Kurt Vile... Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — Rich Mix, LondonTuareg influences fuse with heavy rock guitars and keyboard solos in full-tilt songs about love, hypocrisy and exileIf Tinariwen and Tamikrest are the masters of Tuareg desert blues-rock, then Kel Assouf show how the music of the Saha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Algerian Tuareg band Imarhan have been described as Tinariwen's proteges, and their frontman Sadam has toured as a member of Tinariwen. They were supposed to play Austin's Levitation fest this past weekend... Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — City SlangThe desert blues revolution initiated by Tinariwen continues with this young band from southern Algeria. The groups share a similar sound – and Imarhan’s leader, Sadam, has a cousin in the elder band – but Imarhan are a... more info

Guardian Music — (Partisan) Bombino is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Niger, with his own take on desert blues. He has a rock-star image and sets out to target indie-rock fans as well as African music devotees. There’s nothing wrong with that, as new fusion... more info

Nialler9 — Algeria’s Imarhan are following in the footsteps of Tinariwen and Songhoy Blues in African guitar bands breaking into into a Western market with an album release on City Slang at the end on April 29th. The six-piece band from Tamanrasset in Souther... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Tinariwen is a perennial favorite here at AD, and the Touareg band has just released their first proper “live” album, recorded in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord last December. Tinariwen’s prowess as a “live” band cannot be overs... more info

Mercury News, California — Vieux Farka Toure and Tinariwen among acts who mesh African traditions with Western styles. more info

The Telegraph — More than 100 artists from 53 countries came together for another triumphant celebration of world music, says Jon Stock more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — By now we all know about the perils of driving and texting, but what about driving and remixing? more info