Tuareg band Tinariwen is set to perform Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 8:00 PM at Grand Central in Downtown Miami.
Tinariwen are nomadic Tuareg guitar-poets from Mali’s southern Sahara. They made waves throughout the Sahara playing what became the soundtrack for Tuareg independence. Now they are making waves in the international rock and world music scene.
The group have won countless awards for Best CD of the Year in polls around the world and a prestigious BBC Award for World Music. Their new CD Tassili was recorded with participation from friends/ fans like members of Wilco, TV on the Radio, and New Orleans’ Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Tinariwen’s edgy, bluesy sound has earned them fans like Robert Plant and Carlos Santana, whose music inspired Tinariwen’s members when they first picked up guitars. While Plant has dedicated his career to exploring and exploiting the bent blues note he recognizes as African, Tinariwen listened to Led Zeppelin while in military training camps in Algeria.
The group co-founded Festival in the Desert, an international annual musical gathering based on a Tuareg tradition where desert dwellers gather for camel races, sword-fighting displays, and campfire music.
The group returns to Miami after their unforgettable Florida debut in 2009 at the
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival.
Buy the new album or MP3 downloads:
- In North America: Tassili. Other recordings available: Aman Iman, Amassakoul and Imidiwan, Radio Tisdas Sessions
- In Europe: Tassili. Other recordings available: Amassakoul, Imidiwan – Companions, Aman Iman: Water is Life
Thursday, November 10th, 8PM
Grand Central, 697 North Miami Avenue, Downtown Miami
Opening set Sophie Hunger
Tickets are on sale now: $25 advance. Order online or call (305) 672-5202
Additional information: RhythmFoundation.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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