Tinariwen's 'Live in Paris, Oukis N'Asuf' is an album of great music by an exciting band and as good a concert disc as any you'll ever hear.
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Book Review: ‘Music, Culture & Conflict In Mali’ by Andy Morgan
A perspective on the uprisings of 2012 in Northern Mali and their implications few others could provide.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – Live from Festival au Desert, Timbuktu
This is as close as you can get to being at Festival au Desert without actually travelling to the Sahara Desert.
Read More »Festival au Désert 2013 Cancelled Due to Uprising in Northern Mali
This year's Tuareg music festival in Mali will be exported in the form of "events in exile."
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – Songs For Desert Refugees
A great cross section of music representing the Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) people of the Northern Sahara.
Read More »Music Review: Tinariwen – Tassili
A beautiful and haunting album proclaiming a people's right to live as they want and celebrating who they are.
Read More »Tinariwen Denied Visas to Enter Canada
Banning one of the biggest international acts from entry into Canada may mark the beginning of a big artistic chill under Steven Harper's Conservation government.
Read More »Music Review: Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
A call to help a people remind themselves who they are and stand up and be recognized.
Read More »Music Review: Various Performers – Footsteps In Africa – The Soundtrack
Like the movie, the soundtrack speaks with the voice of the film makers, not their subject, the Tuareg.
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