Artist:Tinariwen
Song:Tenere Taqhim Tossam
Album:Tassili: Limited Edition
Desert blues is a mix of music from the Sahara with Western music elements. Legendary Malian musician Ali Farka Toure invented desert blues. Since his 2006 death, Tinariwen have been the standard bearers of desert blues. The 2011 album Tassili won a Best World Music Album Grammy. The leader of Tinariwen is Ibrahim Ag Alhabib. He is an Algerian refugee who formed Tinariwen with Alhassane Ag Touhami and brothers Inteyeden and Liya Ag Ablil. The name Tinariwen translates to "desert boys". The band played at parties and weddings. The turning point for Tinariwen came when French band Lo'Jo brought some of them to France to perform. Tinariwen started touring worldwide and signed with the British label Independent Records. These albums were released worldwide and fans included Carlos Santana, Robert Plant, Bono and especially the band TV on the Radio. This led to a record deal with Virgin in Europe and the roots music label ANTI- in the US. The 2011 album Tassili was the first album of this new deal. The album was produced by World Music specialist Ian Brennan. Special guests were Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, jazz guitarist Nels Cline and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. As I said, the album won a Best World Music Album Grammy. The Limited Edition has four bonus tracks and is available as a budget CD. Tinariwen played all the big music festivals, appeared on The Colbert Report and Bono joined them on stage at one show. Of course there has been political pressure at home for Tinariwen to stop. And they even escaped to the California desert for a while. Tinariwen currently records for their own label. They released a new album in May. Here's the video for Tenere Taqhim Tossam by Tinariwen.
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