Tinariwen Archives : Aquarium Drunkard: Recent Episodes
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To commemorate a pair of remastered reissues of Tinariwen's first albums—2001's The Radio Tisdas Sessions and its 2004 followup, Amassakoul, the desert blues masters drop by with a special mixtape showcasing their influences.
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Tinariwen's eighth album, "Amadjar," was conceived on the road. Following an appearance Taragalte Festival in the Moroccan Sahara, the group traveled to Mauritania trailed by their French production team, in a camper van. Songs were put together during this road trip in a traditional Tamasheq manner, built up via conversations and playing around campfires.
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Tinariwen is a perennial favorite here at AD, and the Touareg band has just released their first proper “live” album, recorded in Paris at the Théî¢tre des Bouffes du Nord last [...]
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If it seems you are seeing Tinariwen’s name with more regularity these days, it’s because you are. In addition to this year’s Emmaar lp, recorded in Joshua Tree, California, and [...]
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Tinariwen’s music speaks for Kel Tamashek, the Tuaregs, and their desert home, the “tenere.” Formed in 1979, the group’s latest LP ( Emmaar ) is a continuation of Tinariwen’s rhythmic, and at [...]
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Tinariwen’s music speaks for Kel Tamashek, the Tuaregs, and their desert home, the “tenere.” The typical descriptor of “desert blues,” suggests a genre defined by it’s point of origin, but how [...]
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For years, when friends would ask what they should grab with their remaining end-of-the-month eMusic credits, my go-to ‘download recommendation’ was consistently “anything by Tinariwen.” I no longer use eMusic, [...]
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