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defrogFew bands have as awesome a backstory as Tinariwen – Tuareg rebels form a band in a Libyan refugee camp in 1979, return to Mali in 1989, play songs that blend Tuareg and West African music with Western classic rock and give their music away to anyone who brings a blank cassette tape, then start getting international recognition around the end of the 90s.
I got hip to them two years ago with their fourth official release, Imidiwan (Companions), which was one of the best albums I heard that year. Now their fifth album, Tassili, is out, and while it's more stripped down and acoustic than Imidiwan, I'm digging it. It's got an intimate campfire feel to it, and it's pretty hypnotic.
It's also got some interesting guest slots, to include the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and – on the current single – Tunde Adebimpe & Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio.
Listen.
Desert blues,
This is dF
I got hip to them two years ago with their fourth official release, Imidiwan (Companions), which was one of the best albums I heard that year. Now their fifth album, Tassili, is out, and while it's more stripped down and acoustic than Imidiwan, I'm digging it. It's got an intimate campfire feel to it, and it's pretty hypnotic.
It's also got some interesting guest slots, to include the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and – on the current single – Tunde Adebimpe & Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio.
Listen.
Desert blues,
This is dF
