Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founded in 1979, Tinariwen still includes original members Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Touhami Ag Alhassane, and Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tinariwen. (Credit: Marie Planeille) It’s easy to forget that Tinariwen broke through before labels and curators Awesome Tapes ...

The next musician to complain about how difficult it is to get discovered might tone down the volume after hearing the story of Tinariwen. That the band comes from the West African nation of Mali may ...

Putting aside Bono’s much-derided dancing at the Festival in the Desert – available on YouTube (and, for what it’s worth, more power to him for losing himself in the music) – there are few obvious ...

Amatssou, the new album from Tuareg desert blues pioneers Tinariwen, begins with a question. “Why so much silence, all over the world / Only spilt blood / Only brave men killed?,” Abdallah Ag ...

The band members live on the edge of the Sahara Desert, in an environment of sand and distance that reflects their nomad roots. The men often wear intricate scarves that cover their hair and most of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Under a dazzling canopy of thousands of stars, with bare feet buried in the fine hourglass sand, I listened to ...

Tinariwen’s ninth album brings guests including Warren Ellis but the real artistry is in their own deft, fearless interplay There is a hazy expansiveness to Tuareg band Tinariwen’s music that recalls ...

Over the weekend, Tuareg rebels in West Africa made a rapid advance, capturing the cities of Kidal, Gao, and Timbuktu. If Mali is shaped somewhat like a butterfly, the rebels now claim to control its ...

It’s easy to forget that Tinariwen broke through before labels and curators Awesome Tapes from Africa and Sahel Sounds introduced American audiences to similar artists. Yes, Ali Farka Touré may have ...