In December of 2008, Tinariwen gathered in the Sahara to record a new album. The sessions took place in a rented house, out in the bush, in nomad camps and in other magical locations. The whole adventure was filmed by the French director Jessy Nottola and a DVD of that film is included with the CD. Imidiwan: Companions is the band's fourth release for World Village and it possesses all the elements that have made them so magnetic to western ears: raw simplicity, melodic beauty and songs ranging from the ep...   [ read more ]

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This band needs no introduction. Mali's Tinariwen follow up their break through album with Imidiwan. Tinariwen have received accolades from just about every music fan, critic and musician out there today. It's hardly surprising as it's impossible not to get hooked on their effortlessly cool blues and funk jams. From playing in the desert in Mali under the Sahara sun to Glastonbury Festival in the UK these guys have been propelled into a new stage in their musical career after international acclaim after...   [ read more ]

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Tinariwen's songs, with rutted five-tone scales and wreathed in handclaps, are propelled by icy-hot guitars over sinuous French and Tamashek vocals. The material sometimes contains recollections of other Malian luminaries, such as Amadou and Mariam, Habib Koité, Oumou Sangare, and the late Ali Farka Toure, plus New World descendants like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and untold generations of Delta bluesmen. Their lyrics speak of drought and displacement, deceased heroes, and assouf, which, like Brazilian sauda...   [ read more ]

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