Influential Tuareg band Tinariwen is set to release its ninth album, Amatssou, on May 19th via Wedge. Because of Covid-restrictions, the album was recorded in a makeshift studio tent at Tassili N’Ajjer National Park in Algeria, with equipment borrowed from another renowned Tuareg ensemble, Imarhan. Amatssou (‘beyond the fear’ in Tamashek...
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You don’t expect that one of the most sought-after and original rock bands would eventually come from an oasis city in the depths of the Algerian Sahara Desert. Still, since their inception occurred in 2006, Imarhan has grown into an unadulterated and impassionate embodiment of what the soul of rock...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: The 66th episode of our mix brings us a French-Spanish uptempo...
Amazigh band Tasuta N-Imal recently released ‘Fadma’, a new single (and relative video) inspired by a namesake poem sung during wedding celebrations in the villages of the Anti-Atlas mountain region of Morocco. The song is among the treasures of the Amazigh culture and “shows the strength of...
