Watch TV on the Radio and Tinariwen Join Forces on Colbert
Stephen Colbert may purport to only care about America in his persona, but his guest stars suggest he's more worldly than he lets on. The Mali-native collective Tinariwen appeared on The Colbert Report last night in support of their album Tassili, released earlier this year. The band played two cuts from the album and participated in an interesting interview. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsTinariwen: Even Nomads Get the Blues
For an American listener, the music of the Saharan band Tinariwen stirs deep echoes. It sounds so much like the oldest recordings of American blues that it seems to come from a place where the tree of African music split between those who were stolen away to the Western Hemisphere and those who stayed behind. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesTinariwen: Tassili
Tinariwen are revolutionaries in both senses of the word. The band members are former soldiers who during the early 1990s fought in the Tuareg uprisings in Niger and Mali. Even during that time, they performed at clubs and social gatherings in various countries, circulating cassette tapes of songs melding North African traditions with electrified blues and rock. The group long ago abandoned their weapons, giving the impression (upheld in English translations of their lyrics) that art in general and music in particular have become more powerful than guns. Even a quarter century into a long and celebrated career, Tinariwen continue... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThis Week’s New Album Releases (8/30/2011)
A lot of heavyweight's released new albums this week. Lil' Wayne finally dropped _Tha Carter IV_ teaching children everywhere how to spell incorrectly and about roman numerals. Another highly anticipated album, Red Hot Chili Peppers _I'm With You_, the first without John Frusciante also came out. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, released his third album under his Nightwatchmen name while the ever present Lenny Kravitz explored _Black and White America_ for his latest release. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBand of the Week: Tinariwen
Tinariwen is a guitar army from the Saharan sands of northeastern Mali. Its rebel music represents the struggles of the borderless, nomadic Touareg people—droughts, repressions, rebellions and inter-tribal strife. Tinariwen’s music rocks with a verve that speaks to the present... read more
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