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Tinariwen: Emmaar and Inside/Outside: The Joshua Tree Sessions
by Nenad Georgievski
Emmaar Anti- 2014 In African culture music is not “leisure" activity, but part of the daily fabric of life. Ritual of almost any sort--whether manual labor, religion or the dramatic arts--is especially associated with music. That is one of the reasons why African music has so much magic in it. And ...
Tinariwen at Mali Fest
by Harry S. Pariser
Tinariwen Nourse Theater Mali Fest San Francisco April 19, 2014 “A divided people will never reach its goal It will never cultivate an acacia tree with beautiful leaves A divided people will lose its way Each part of it will become an enemy in itself"--Toumast ("The People")
Six Degrees Announces the Egyptian Project, "Ya Amar"
With all the news that’s been coming out of Egypt over the last year, it’s surprising that more music has not been circulating. Years before the terms ‘Arab Spring’ was coined, French producer Jérôme Ettinger devoted himself to exploring, preserving and spreading the sound of the North African country he fell in love with. Assembling world-class ...
Clearwater Festival 2012 Line-Up
Clearwater's 2012 Great Hudson River Revival, also known as the Clearwater Festival, the country’s oldest music and environmental festival, will be held on June 16 and 17 this year. Over the weekend, hundreds of musical artists will appear at the beautiful Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, NY to perform on 7 bio-diesel and solar powered stages. ...
Terakaft & the Desert Blues
Old-school rock rebels and musical elders from the desert. Terakaft brings together the raw sounds of minimal indie guitar rock and the swaying pulse of Saharan journeys. They harness the energy of flirtatious midnight songs and the gravitas of respected advisors calling for peace and unity. Tuareg guitar warriors, Terakaft keeps alive the musical spirit honed ...
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival Kicks Off April 14
Afrofunk, Wheels of Steel, and Ocean Waves: Miami's Global Portal at the Beachfront Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, April 2011 The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival (April 14-30, 2011) grabs a fearless hold on the punk travels and dubbed-out grace of a generation of new musicians from Mexico to Brazil, from Brooklyn to Nigeria. Then it transports them to Miami ...
The SXSW of World Music: Womex 2010
It's an all-day, all-night dance and listening party, where old hands and grand dames share space with wild newcomers. It's a business platform where people from remote villages and well-heeled megalopolises meet and discuss how to sustain musical diversity. It's the best place to launch a successful career, whether you're a striking traditional singer from Afghanistan ...
Tinariwen at UCLA's Royce Hall
An irresistible musical force descended on Westwood on Saturday night, and it was met with a seemingly immovable object. An eclectic, sold-out crowd of seated music fans had come to UCLA's Royce Hall for Tinariwen, the Tuareg ensemble whose unmistakable interpretation of electric blues has taken it from the harsh climate of the Southern Sahara to ...
