Comments on: tinariwen

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:54:06 +0000

So true Hugh, a real discovery. I saw them at the Big Chill in 2005 and they were just incredible.

By: Christopher Trottier

Christopher Trottier — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:38:38 +0000

Bookmarked because they really are that good.

By: kris fuehr

kris fuehr — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:24:33 +0000

You should get Steve Ball to do a jam session with them.

By: James Thomson

James Thomson — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:09:37 +0000

top post Hugh — especially as I enjoy wearing my Berber djellaba in Scotland; it’s a Blue Monster ‘blue’ — quite traditional.

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:44:35 +0000

would love to hear taj mahal with these guys. he’s done a lot with bands from mali in the past.

By: Mark E

Mark E — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:28:48 +0000

Top Work, fella. Impeccable taste.
One of my all time faves is also Malian. In fact playing right now…
“In the Heart of the moon” is a beautiful chilled collection of improvised guitar and kora duets by the late Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate. Sounds really wanky but spell-binding.
Am planning the Desert Festival myself this year. Friends went last time and had a ball…

By: Mark E

Mark E — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:28:45 +0000

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:26:49 +0000

Fair enough, Richard. I happen to LOVE the drone you speak of. And the bass playing I find absolutely stunning.

By: Richard Hare

Richard Hare — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:43:32 +0000

I was excited by their blurb, caught their set at the Cambridge Folk Festival a couple of years ago, but was disappointed by their dull desert drone. My partner and I agreed they were “interesting” — which is slightly damning.

By: Bill Olen

Bill Olen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:59:33 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation, they’re great!

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:59:14 +0000

oooh, this is fantastic stuff. thank you!
this is the second band you recommended recently that i loved.

By: Steven Buckley

Steven Buckley — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:26:36 +0000

Hey Hugh — thanks for the pointer. Just went and listened in and sounded good. Ordered. Cheers!

By: RKR

RKR — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:13:19 +0000

Tinariwen, or is it really New Iran IT?

By: krzysztof kurowski

krzysztof kurowski — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:06:48 +0000

nah, I will not believe in this hype.

By: Rik

Rik — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:44:17 +0000

Funny how these things go. I recently read about these guys in a magazine, and now you’re talking about them. Two events that are quite unrelated–talk about an ideavirus…