New album "Imidiwan: Companions" out Oct 13!

Tinariwen continues to charm world music and rock fans alike with their latest album, Imidiwan: Companions. The album has received accolades across the board, with 4 Star reviews in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Observer, The Independent and The Scotsman, as well …

Le Poisson Rouge photos on Brooklyn Vegan

Tinariwen & Hassan Hakmoun @ Le Poisson Rouge - pics
photos by Tim Griffin

(Click images to see more!)

Le Poisson Rouge tomorrow - Tickets going fast

L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly & more rave about Tinariwen live!

Coachella Day 2: Tinariwen's Sunset Convergence is the Talk of the Festival
Sunday, Apr. 19 2009 @ 11:56AM
By Randall Roberts in coachella

"the band got onto the stage and stepped on the Universal Treadmill of Groove, one that propels booties and brains …

Tinariwen in L.A. Times & S.F. Music Examiner

Pop & Hiss
The L.A. Times music blog

Coachella preview: Tinariwen
11:26 AM PT, Apr 13 2009

Pop & Hiss will be covering the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., from April 17 to 19. There are more than 120 acts on the bill, and in the …

"Live In London" on A World of Music

A World of Music

Sunday, November 09, 2008
TINARIWEN - Live in London DVD (Independiente)
*Released in the U.S. on World Village in 2009*

"It has long been acknowledged that an appreciation of the tale behind the emergence of desert blues rebel-rockers …

Tinariwen at Coachella 2009!

Tinariwen returns to the U.S. in Spring of 2009, including a stop at Coachella!

Current dates:

4/16/09
San Francisco Jazz Fest Spring Session

4/17/09
Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz CA

4/18/09
Coachella, Indio CA

"Live In London" on DVD Monthly

DVD Monthly

Tinariwen - Live In London

A fascinating back-story is essential in the music industry, and Tinariwen's story is easily one of the most compelling in an industry built on pre-fabricated band histories and preposterous tall tales. Tinariwen (roughly …

Live DVD Sneak Preview Video

Catch a glimpse of the bonus features on the upcoming "Live in London" DVD for Tinariwen, available in September:

Tinariwen - Assawt N'chet Tamashek (from Live DVD)

Tinariwen's first live DVD coming in September!

Live In London DVD Out In September
Published August 21, 2008

Tinariwen's storming performance at London's Shepherds Bush Empire last December will soon be available for the world to see thanks to the global release of Live in London, Tinariwen's first live …

This Is Cornwall: "Tinariwen in Falmouth...the concert of the year"

From Sahara to Cornwall

I'M GOING to stick my neck out here and claim that the gig by the Saharan band Tinariwen in Falmouth on Wednesday, August 27, may be the concert of the year, writes Lee Trewhela.

This is a real coup for Cornwall and the Princess …

The Galway Advertiser: "The extraordinary journey of Tinariwen"

Out of Africa The extraordinary journey of Tinariwen
By Kevin McGuire

THEY HAVE been described by The Guardian as "the best African band in the world". Live, they have played support to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Their musical scope is such that in a recent interview Chris Martin said Tinariwen was a …

Tinariwen Photos from Cactusfestival 2008

Click here to see photos of Tinariwen at Cactusfestival, courtesy of Wannabes.

Photos of Tinariwen at Nattjazz on Pitchfork

Pitchfork features photos of Tinariwen's show at the Nattjazz Festival in Norway:

Photos by Eirik Lande

"The very same Nattjazz Festival that brought Bryan Ferry to Bergen, Norway a couple weeks ago drew to a close over the weekend, but not before playing host …

Coldplay cites Tinariwen as influence on new album

Actualité Rock'n'France : Coldplay, Viva la Vida, nouvel album le 16 juin 2008
Coldplay, Viva la Vida, nouvel album le 16 juin 2008

"...Tant de musique étonnante nous a inspirés pour ce disque. On a écouté Rammstein et Tinariwen, l'un après l'autre, et la …

Live review of The Point show in icWales: "atmosphere was understandably electric"

Tinariwen debut well worth the wait

"IT was one of the most highly anticipated gigs of the year so when Tinariwen finally arrived on stage at The Point in Cardiff the atmosphere was understandably electric.

Ibrahim, Tinariwen's instantly recognisable leader, was …

Tinariwen in icWales and Yorkshire Post

Rebellion music with a strong heart
May 19 2008 by Karen Price, South Wales Echo

A BAND which fought a rebellion against the Mali government visits Cardiff this week as part of its debut tour of Wales.
Tinariwen are one of the great musical success stories of …

The Yorkshire Evening Post interview & New York Times

The Yorkshire Evening Post interviews Tinariwen's Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni in a feature for the St. George's Hall show in Bradford:

"There really is no other band in the world quite like Tinariwen...Last year their third album, Aman Iman (Water of life), became an …

Rolling Stones calls Tinariwen "Best African Band" in "Best of Rock"!

BEST AFRICAN BAND
Tinariwen

In 1964, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's father was killed by the Malian army, reportedly for aiding rebels fighting against the government. Ibrahim, now forty-eight, fled for Algeria and started playing music as a way to bide his time until …

"Aman Iman" a Finalist in the Indie Acoustic Project's Best of 2007

Continuing to rack up Best of 2007 nominations, Tinariwen's Aman Iman is a finalist in the Indie Acoustic Project's (IAP) Best CDs of 2007, in the category of World Music: Africa.

"The finalists were selected from hundreds of CDs submitted over fifteen catagories. …