Tunng and Tinariwen

Academy, Manchester"We've spent the last week trying to play around with different styles of music," begins Tunng's Mike Lindsay, explaining the bizarre collaboration between his British "folktronica" band and Tinariwen, the band formed in 1982 from Tuareg people, Saharan nomads who had been conscripted into Muammar Gadafy's army. However, while the musicians look as if they have been randomly plonked together on stage, they seem to have bonded over headgear. Tunng favour big hats and drummer Ma...

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