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Formed in 1982 in Mali, the members of Tinariwen all originate from the Southern Sahara and take their name from the phrase meaning ‘empty places’. Formed as a reaction to General Gaddafi, theirs is a story with more to offer than many of the acts around today.
Now on their fifth album, they have steadily been gaining exposure to western countries â€" recently, they played a spectacular joint show at London’s Koko with British folk-experimentalists Tunng. Even though ‘Imidiwan: Companions’ in sung entirely in their native language, it moves you enough to realise that music sits at a higher level where...
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