Tinariwan - Amadjar review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

The Guardian 80

(Anti Records)
Tinariwen’s ninth album brings guests including Warren Ellis but the real artistry is in their own deft, fearless interplay

There is a hazy expansiveness to Tuareg band Tinariwen’s music that recalls the desert setting in which it was created. Fuzzy guitars are rhythmically picked over undulating rhythms and gravelly baritone vocals; it is almost as if you can hear a sand-laden breeze passing between the mics as the band record.