December 11, 2006
Music Monday - Tinariwen
If you haven’t heard the desert blues guitar of the Malian band Tinariwen, give this video a listen. Very popular in world music circles, Tinariwen won BBC’s radio 3 2005 world music award. Many of their songs are in french (but you should still take a listen!) as is Tinariwen’s official website. You can also read more about them at the following blogs: Global Beat Fusion, Cloudsoup, and Mullytron’s MOG.
Tinariwen “Chet Boghassa”
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