For the release of the Saharan group’s new album Amatssou (fear), one of the key members – Abdallah Ag Alhousseini – gave an interview to PAM in the desert of southern Algeria to talk about Tinariwen’s destiny and their message.

The well known band Tinariwen offers a reissue of their first album Kel Tinariwen, initially released on cassette in 1991 and produced by Keltoum Sennhauser. The Malian band Tinariwen, needs no introduction, yet some of […]

The Tuareg rock group will reprint The Radio Tisdas Sessions (2002) and Ammasakoul (2004) with an unreleased track “Taskiwt Tadjat”. Recorded in June 2002 in the UK, this track is produced by Justin Adams (guitarist […]

In this week’s selection: the Tamasheq blues of Tinariwen, the rise of Afro-Cuban artist Daymé Arocena, the debut album from British soul sensation Mahalia and much more to hear this week. Tinariwen Amadjar Recorded in the […]

Since their first cassette tape in 1993, Tinariwen has been cultivating a sound, a cadence, and an art of resistance whose splendour and integrity can be heard on Amadjar, the ninth nomadic album recorded in […]

“Zawal” is extract from their forthcoming ninth studio album Amadjar which is out September 6. Featuring Noura Mint Seymali, Jeiche Ould Chighaly and Warren Ellis, and written by Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Tinariwen‘s “Zawal” is about witnessing the […]

Listen to the song “Taqkal Tarha” featuring Micah Nelson off Amadjar. Photo by Marie Planeille Tuareg band Tinariwen are back this year with Amadjar, their first new album since 2017’s Elwan. Forthcoming on September 6th via ANTI-RECORDS. Listen to the first track […]

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