synffTinariwen, the nomadic Tuareg collective from Mali's Sahara, pioneered desert blues by fusing hypnotic guitar riffs drawn from their ancestral traditions with the raw edge of Western rock.
Born amid exile and rebellion in the early 1980s, they channeled freedom fighter anthems into campfire jams…
22 roots·11 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Tinariwen; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Ibrahim ag Alhabib, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, Adams + 18 more
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2024
