Tinariwen - Emmaar - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Amadjar means 'the unknown visitor' in the language of Tamashek, the one who seeks hospitality and who's condemned to an inner exile, within a territory or within himself. The story of Amadjar, the ninth Tinariwen album, begins at the end of 2018, at the Taragalte Festival of nomadic cultures in the Moroccan Sahara. After a concert and a sandstorm, Tinariwen hit the road and head for Mauritania, via southern Morocco, Western Sahara and the Atlantic coast. The destination is important but no more so than the journey itself. Tinariwen are joined by their French production team, who arrive in old camper van that's been converted into a makeshift studio. Album Tracks 1. Tenere Maloulat 2. Zawal 3. Amalouna 4. Taqkal Tarha 5. Anina 6. Madjam Mahikamen 7. Takount 8. Iklam Dglour 9. Kel Tinawen 10. Itous Ohar 11. Mhadjar Yassouf Idjan 12. Wartilla 13. Lalla

2023 . Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That idea is magnified on Amatssou, which finds the Tuareg band's trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application. Full of poetic allegory, the lyrics call for unity and freedom. There are songs of struggle and resistance with oblique references to the recent desperate political upheavals in Mali and the increasing power of the Salafists. Album Tracks 1. Kek Algham 2. Tenere Den 3. Arajghiyine 4. Imzad (Interlude) 5. Tidjit 6. Jayche Atarak 7. Imidiwan Mahitinam 8. Imzad 2 (Interlude) 9. Ezlan 10. Anemouhagh 11. Iket Adjen 12. Nak Idnizdjam 13. Tinde (Outro)

Omara Bombino Moctara, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter from Agadez, Niger, was raised during an era of armed struggles for independence and violent suppression by government forces, and the spirit of resistance and rebellion comes through in his mesmerizing music. In Bombino's electrifying jams you can hear echoes of fellow Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touri as well as rock and blues icons Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page. Album Tracks 1. Ahoulaguine Akaline 2. Tar Hani 3. Adounia 4. Kammou Taliat 5. Tigrawahi Tikma 6. Tenere 7. Iyat Idounia Ayasahe 8. Azamane 9. Assalam Felawan 10. Tebsakh Dalet