June 14, 2011

Tinariwen on the Radio

Tinariwen is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali, founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, who as a child saw a western film in which a cowboy played a guitar. Ag Alhabib built his own guitar out of a tin can, a stick and bicycle brake wire. The band recorded their new album in the Algerian desert, where TV on the Radio co-leaders Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone joined them to play.

No comments:

Post a Comment