Thursday, September 1 2011
Tinariwen: Tassili
With guest musicians and dialed-back acoustics, Tinariwen offers a strangely tentative album.
Wednesday, August 3 2011
Terakaft: Aratan N Azawad
Malian desert-blues outfit offers up a strong set.
Friday, November 19 2010
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Desert Blues
Not sure where to proceed from Tinariwen? The Rough Guide sorts it all out for you
Tuesday, April 13 2010
Tinariwen: 19.Feb.2010 - Brooklyn
Tinariwen paid a visit to Brooklyn's Bell House this past February.
Monday, March 1 2010
Tunng: And Then We Saw Land
Tunng's fourth album could have seen them falter, but they've combined their incurable curiosity with epic melodies.
Tuesday, September 9 2008
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali
An album that is paradoxically almost redundant and almost perfect.
Monday, March 3 2008
Toumast: Ishumar
It’s as if ag Keyna has looked back at the work Tinariwen has done, felt that the sound he wanted to build on had already been established, and, with that support behind him, felt free to experiment.
Friday, March 16 2007
Tinariwen: Aman Iman
Tinariwen plays rock guitar with a rangy American sound, broad and lazy and slow.
Friday, December 8 2006
Desert Trance
These are the sort of flowers that bloom in the Sahara Desert: thumb pianos, distorted amps, muddy blues, and traditional chants.
