Guardian Music — Tinariwen, 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

Brooklyn Vegan — The 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

Stereogum — Tinariwen 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

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 Seattle — From 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

DrownedInSound — Whatever the elusive 'it' is, Tinariwen are a group of musicians who both have it and, more importantly, get it in spades more info

Said the Gramophone — Tinariwen (+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

Stereogum — Next 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

Consequence of Sound — The bold, rhythmic song addresses the "Tamashek women searching for their freedom." more info

Stereogum — Next 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