Features
Thursday, December 10 2009
The Best World Music of 2009
In 2009, well-known artists reliably produced solid albums, lesser-known artists did things that were often surprising and successful, archives were trawled by enthusiasts, old songs were excavated, polished, and compiled, and labels both large and small kept moving stubbornly on.
Reviews
Monday, July 2 2012
Clearwater Festival: 16 June 2012 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
The 2012 Clearwater Festival brought environmental sustainability, grass roots activism and great music to a beautiful riverside park.
Thursday, September 1 2011
Tinariwen: Tassili
With guest musicians and dialed-back acoustics, Tinariwen offers a strangely tentative album.
Tuesday, August 18 2009
Tinariwen: Imidiwan: Companions
For a band whose name means “empty places” in their native Tamashek, Tinariwen better get used to spending a lot more time away from their beloved desert homeland.
Friday, March 16 2007
Tinariwen: Aman Iman
Tinariwen plays rock guitar with a rangy American sound, broad and lazy and slow.
Monday, April 24 2006
Tinariwen
thumb the low bass strings and simultaneously pick and twang the higher notes, masterfully demonstrating the link between the Mississippi Delta and the Saharan sands.
Blogs
Tuesday, April 13 2010
Tinariwen: 19.Feb.2010 - Brooklyn
Tinariwen paid a visit to Brooklyn's Bell House this past February.
