Tinariwen Stories

Setlist / Photos / Video | Tinariwen @ Old Town School 4/11/17

Photos / Video: Wyatt Brake (zepcowboy)In any given month, there are hundreds of bands that take to Chicago's stages.  But there are far fewer that look and sound like Tinawiren -- which makes their show at Old Town Folk Music that much more of a treat.The Saharan ensemble dived into some guitar-driven jams&...

Brian's Top Ten Albums of 2014

By Brian Brinkman - @sufferingjukeIts been a weird year for me with music. Between traveling through SE Asia & India, throwing myself into a complete career shift, and ultimately moving to the East Coast for the first time in my life, I havent had a ton of time to sit and reflect on music like...

Setlist / Video: Tinariwen @ City Winery 4/5/14

The sound that Tinariwen makes is a remarkable one. With guitars at the forefront, you may think that they are playing the blues, but it is steeped in the desert music of Mali, where the band originates. The question, did American rock and blues records influence them? Or is the sound of their country's assouf...