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Tinariwen
"Amassakoul" (World Village) ,
The group Tinariwen (originally Taghreft Tinariwen, or "Edification of the Lands") has been in existence, with various personnel, for two decades. One of the first North African ensembles to use the tools of contemporary pop and blues to express the concerns of a youthful Toureg generation, they have begun to gather a significant following in the West as well. "Amassakoul" simmers with an unlikely but gripping blend of electric guitars, blues riffs, desert rhythms, ululating female cries and call-and-response vocals. .
01/02/05
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