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Tinariwen

Tinariwen
Wed, 03/26/2014 - 8:00pm
With Special Guest The Melodic

Partially Underwritten by The Manhattan Club and The Mango Tree
xfinity Rock Series

Join us in the lobby prior to show for hors d'oeuvres courtesy of The Mango Tree
Formed in 1979, this relentless group of West African musicians finally took home the Grammy Award for Best World Music in 2012 ­– after 33 years of being a band. NPR says “The band creates a unique sound all its own with blues and African percussion and poetry.”

Tinariwen is comprised of the Tuareg people of West Africa (descendants from nomads who traveled the Sahara Desert in caravans). With perpetual political turmoil in their home country of Mali, the Taureg people have fought for independence for nearly 40 years and Tinariwen (which translates to “open spaces”) emerged out of the rebellion to give a musical voice to their people.

One of the band members, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, said "One of the goals of the rebellion was to bring modern things to the desert, to upgrade our lives…the electric guitar was one of those things we could bring. We found that there was a very natural fit with the guitar and our way of traditionally singing that was just very beautiful and very pleasing."
Though not physically fighting any more, the band still fights through their music, bringing international recognition to their people and their homegrown musical style.

Ticket Price: $28.00
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