TINARIWEN are poet-guitarists and soul rebels from the Southern Sahara desert. Their music expresses the aspirations of their people, the Kel Tamashek or 'Touareg' of the southern Sahara desert. The guitar is their weapon. Simplicity is Freedom.
The soundtrack of the Touareg revolution in Saharan North Africa was created by electric guitars. Plaintive rhythms created a unique 'desert blues' whose lyrics raged against world indifference and evoked a longing for disappearing freedoms.
On their enthralling new album entitled Tassili (a 2012 Grammy Award winner), the renowned band have set down their electric guitars and returned to the very essence of their art. Recorded in a protected region of the South-Eastern Algerian desert, the group returned to the roots of their music, with only acoustic guitars and unamplified percussion. During recording, the band was joined by Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone of the band TV On The Radio. Later on, guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco) and the horns of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band contributed to create an album that reaches deep into the essence of TINARIWEN’s sound while simultaneously opening itself to the surrounding world.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm | Downstairs Live
Leana Song will also perform
Advance Tickets:
$20 - $30 + processing fees
Day of Show Tickets:
$22 - $32 + processing fees
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