Rock Paper Scissors - Tinariwen, Amassakoul (World Village)

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Sample Track 1:
"Amassakoul 'n' Ténéré" from Amassakoul

Sample Track 2:
"Chatma" from Amassakoul

Sample Track 3:
"Chet Boghassa" from Amassakoul

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Amassakoul

Articles, Interviews, and Reviews

Pop Matters, Electric Desert Refugees 01/31/06 >> read article >> go there

New York Times, Sampling the Sounds of Mali Without Leaving Home 04/03/06 >> read article >> go there

Chico Enterprise Record , Feature 04/13/06 >> read article >> go there

Chicago Reader, Concert Preview 04/14/06 >> read article >> go there

www.AfricaSounds.com, Tinariwen U.S. Tour 2006 and Tour Dates 04/06/06 >> read article >> go there

Austin Chronicle, Recommended Section: Tinariwen 04/06/06 >> read article >> go there

Chicago Tribune, Ex-refugees of Tinariwen find their sanctuary in the music 04/07/06 >> read article

San Diego Union Tribune, Feature/Concert Preview 04/13/06 >> read article >> go there

http://www.mp3.com, Concert Review: Tinariwen brings the desert blues 04/21/06 >> read article >> go there

The Daily Advertiser, (Excerpt from Article About Festival Housing) 04/29/06 >> read article >> go there

The Daily Advertiser, Feature 04/29/06 >> read article >> go there

The Daily Advertiser, Feature 04/30/06 >> read article >> go there

Blueswax, Interview 05/05/06 >> read article >> go there

CN&R CHICO NEWS & REVIEW, Desert Rock 04/13/06 >> read article

Ashland Daily Tidings, Festival in the Desert 04/13/06 >> read article

Ashland Daily Tidings, Festival Preview (excerpts) 04/19/06 >> read article

Chicago Reader, Feature 04/07/06 >> read article

Town & Village , CD Review 04/27/06 >> read article

jambase.com, CRISIS IN KIDAL, MALI / A letter from Tinariwen 05/01/06 >> read article

All About Jazz, The Rough Guide to Planet Rock: Review 05/31/06 >> read article >> go there

Vintage Guitar, Feature 07/01/06 >> read article

Scotsman, Feature 06/12/06 >> read article >> go there

Global Rhythm, Tinariwen Signs Four Album Deal 07/01/06 >> read article

East Bay Express, Feature 04/19/06 >> read article

Digitally Obsessed, DVD Review (from a larger text) 08/10/06 >> read article >> go there

Mojo, CD Review 11/01/06 >> read article

Sheridan Press, Tuareg exiles make revolutionary album 02/20/08 >> read article

Songlines, 20 World Music Rebels 08/01/07 >> read article >> go there

Rolling Stone, CD Review 10/14/04 >> read article

NPR's All Things Considered, Tinariwen Makes Music a Powerful Weapon 10/27/04 >> read article >> go there

The World (Public Radio International), Global Hit (click go there for full audio) 10/27/04 >> read article >> go there

New York Times, Passions That Were Fired by the Embattled Sahara, by Jon Pareles 10/30/04 >> read article >> go there

The Washington Post, Tinariwen's Electrifying Mali Blues 11/01/04 >> read article >> go there

The San Francisco Chronicle, Tinariwen gives its people's plight a musical voice and stage, by Jonathan Curiel 10/30/04 >> read article >> go there

Los Angeles Times, African rhythms, textures that reach out to the West 11/09/04 >> read article

NPR, NPR's Best Music of 2004 01/04/05 >> read article

L.A. Weekly, Concert Preview 11/05/04 >> read article >> go there

Time Out New York, CD Review/Concert Pick 10/21/04 >> read article

Amazon.com, Amazon's Top 10 of 2004 11/20/04 >> go there

The Village Voice (NYC), Call Me Sand 10/27/04 >> read article >> go there

Mail Tribune, One World Hosts 04/14/06 >> read article

Los Angeles Times, Taking notice of worthy work, whatever the year 01/02/05 >> read article

Chicago Tribune, Tinariwen's sounds born of unrest in Mali 07/08/05 >> read article >> go there

Chicago Tribune, A mix of ancient, modern, blues 07/03/05 >> read article >> go there

Chicago Sun-Times, Deep roots 07/08/05 >> read article >> go there

Newsday, Concert Preview 07/14/05 >> read article >> go there

The Village Voice, CD Review 10/19/04 >> read article >> go there

WNYC Morning News, Improbable Musical Success Story from Mali, by Anastasia Tsioulcas 10/27/04 >> read article >> go there

The Washington Post Express, Desert Melody 10/28/04 >> read article

San Luis Obispo Tribune, An oasis of beautiful sound 11/04/04 >> read article >> go there

Seattle Post-Intellgiencer, World music winds down Earshot 11/04/04 >> read article >> go there

Washington Post, Concert Promotion 10/29/04 >> read article

Columbus Dispatch, TRANCELIKE SOUNDS EVOKE DESERT REBELLION 10/30/04 >> read article

Boston Magazine, Concert Pick 10/01/04 >> read article

Good Times Santa Cruz, Concert Preview 10/31/04 >> read article >> go there

Orange County Register (C.A.), Concert Preview 11/05/04 >> read article

Global Rhythm (magazine), War and Peace: Tinariwen’s Desert Guitar Revolution, by Banning Eyre 11/01/04 >> read article

Outpost Magazine, CD Review 09/01/04 >> read article

Afropop.org, Interview with Abdallah by Banning Eyre 10/27/04 >> go there

Acoustic Guitar, CD Review 12/01/04 >> read article >> go there

Acoustic Guitar, CD/DVD Review 12/01/04 >> read article

Columbus Dispatch, African band Tinariwen churns out great Rock 10/28/04 >> read article

San Francisco Bay Guardian , When in Roam 10/27/04 >> read article

Santa Fe New Mexican, Blues from a distant desert 11/05/04 >> read article >> go there

New York Press, CD Review 10/20/04 >> read article >> go there

East Bay Express, AFRICAN REBEL YELLS 07/13/05 >> read article >> go there

The Gaurdian, Rock the Kasbah 01/19/05 >> read article >> go there

Time Out New York, CD Review 12/30/04 >> read article

Time Out New York, The Top Shows In Music 2004 12/30/04 >> read article

Monterey Herald, Serious world grooves 10/28/04 >> read article

Triplearadio.com, REBEL MUSIC: TINARIWEN BREAKS THROUGH 11/03/04 >> read article >> go there

Toronto Sun, Concert Preview 07/14/05 >> read article >> go there

Scotsman, Rebels of the soul blast open clichéd image of world music 02/22/05 >> read article >> go there

Guardian Unlimited, Out of Africa 02/24/05 >> read article >> go there

The Beat, The Best of 2004 01/01/05 >> read article

Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), An Oasis of Beautiful Sound 11/04/04 >> read article

Barnesandnoble.com, Barnes and Noble Top 10 of 2004 11/20/04 >> go there

NPR's All Songs Considered, Feature (Real Audio stream) 11/11/04 >> go there

BBC News, Sweet sounds of Tuareg former fighters 01/26/05 >> read article >> go there

Detroit Free Press, Concert of Colors rounds up a variety of music 07/15/05 >> read article >> go there

Dirty Linen, CD Review 02/01/05 >> read article

Dirty Linen, New Mexico Concert Review 02/01/05 >> read article

Columbus Alive, Camp Songs 08/25/04 >> read article >> go there

Boston Herald, Desert blues: Here come the Tuareg 10/27/04 >> read article >> go there

Toronto Star, CD Review 10/07/04 >> read article

Sing Out Magazine, Tinariwen: From Guns to Guitars 11/01/04 >> read article

Insideworldmusic.com, CD Review 11/22/04 >> read article >> go there

Village Voice, Sonic Refugees 11/10/04 >> read article

Telegraph, Review 02/17/05 >> read article >> go there

All About Jazz, CD Review 01/29/05 >> read article >> go there

Worcester Magazine, Staff Top 10 CDs 01/12/05 >> read article

Time Out New York, Sand Storms: Tinariwen's powerful desert blues revisits NYC 07/14/05 >> read article

All About Jazz, Festival in the Desert review (Tinariwen) 01/29/05 >> read article >> go there

Sunday Times, CD Review 12/12/04 >> read article

Afropop Worldwide, Interview 10/20/04 >> read article >> go there

The Lookout, Desert Meets Delta Blues at the Pier Thursday 07/14/05 >> read article >> go there

Alive (Columbus, OH), Concert Promotion 10/27/04 >> read article

Afropop.org, Top 10 12/16/04 >> read article >> go there

Pittsburgh City Paper, Spinning the Globe 11/25/04 >> read article >> go there

Pittsburg City Pages, CD Review 11/24/04 >> read article

Shepherd Express, CD Review 10/28/04 >> read article

Sunday Press - Telegram, From Africa to Cerritos 11/07/04 >> read article

East Bay Express, The Best Records of 2004 11/24/04 >> read article >> go there

The Village Voice, CD Review 11/08/04 >> read article >> go there

Mansfield News Journal (Ohio), Concert Preview 10/21/04 >> read article >> go there

Illinois Entertainer, SAHARA SONGS & DESERT BLUES 01/01/05 >> read article

WorldMusicCentral.org, The Real Revolutionaries 11/10/04 >> read article >> go there

Blender, CD Review 03/01/05 >> read article >> go there

The Star, CD Review 01/21/05 >> read article >> go there

Music Week, How the Tastemakers Viewed 12/25/04 >> read article

Flavorpill, Concert Pick 10/26/04 >> read article

Virginia Pilot, Cd Review 10/22/04 >> read article

Illinois Entertainer, Sahara Songs and Desert Blues 01/11/05 >> read article >> go there

The Herald, African Soul Rebels, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 02/25/05 >> read article >> go there

The London Line, Patti's on Meltdown 06/16/05 >> read article >> go there

Roots World, CD Review 10/20/04 >> read article >> go there

Beadsoftime.com, Concert comments 10/27/04 >> go there

Reno Gazette-Journal, World Music Review: Tinariwen -- "Amassakoul" 12/23/04 >> read article >> go there

Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Sun's top 10 music picks for 2004 01/04/05 >> read article >> go there

Body and Soul Magazine, CD Review 10/01/04 >> read article

Slipcue.com, CD Review 09/30/04 >> read article >> go there

Contra Costa Times, Saharan Band Pines for Nomadic Ways 10/29/04 >> read article

Zook Beat, Concert Preview 10/26/04 >> read article >> go there

Afropop Worldwide, CD Review 10/21/04 >> read article >> go there

Global Rhythm (magazine), Amassakoul ‘n’ Ténéré 11/01/04 >> read article

Gallery of Sound.Com, CD Review 10/13/04 >> read article >> go there

The Christian Science Monitor, CD Review 12/03/04 >> read article

Valley Advocate, CD Shorts 12/23/05 >> read article

Zook Beat, CD Review 10/18/04 >> read article >> go there

The World Music Magazine, Band on the Run 03/01/05 >> read article

Penguin Eggs, Desert Storm 04/22/05 >> read article

Global Rhythm, Tinariwern "Chet Boghassa" 02/01/05 >> read article

Sunday Herald, Continental riffs 02/27/05 >> read article >> go there

The World Music Magazine, CD Review 03/01/05 >> read article

1340mag.com, CD Review 08/27/04 >> read article >> go there

World Rhythm, CD Review 11/01/04 >> read article

Muzikfan, CD Review 09/01/04 >> read article

The Telegraph, DVD Review 02/26/04 >> read article >> go there

Various publications, Articles from their previous CD, "The Radio Tisdas Sessions" 01/01/04 >> go there