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"Zin Es Gourmeden" from The Radio Tisdas Sessions
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"Tin-Essako (Live)" from The Radio Tisdas Sessions
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TINARIWEN
The Radio Tisdas Sessions
(World Village)

Sahel nomads turned Qadaffi exploitees turned Bamako unemployeds, they worked out their revamped Tuareg folk music in acoustic bands of 30 or so and pared down as they electrified. In the Mali context they are or were warriors and rebels, literally. But at this distance they give off the same sere calm I associate with Ali Farka Toure and Afel Bocoum, only trancier—in the desert, folks really know how to trance. At this distance, they're touched by New Age tourism. But they're no less hypnotic for that. B PLUS  01/15/03 >> go there
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