”In a Touareg tent in a dusty desert town of Kidal, northeastern Mali, a stick-thin ragged man with a loose afro took a turn on a cheap electric guitar plugged into a battery powered amp.” This recording is amazing. It is raw. It is real. It is rock and roll. And yet…it is not. What happens when Western instruments end up in the hands of those living in the desert who are familiar with more traditional instruments and African and Arabic rhythms. That is Tinariwen. It is organic and original and worldly and magical.
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