What is a Tuareg musician?
Tuareg people mainly dwell in Niger, Mali, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso. Tuareg music is a widespread style of Amazigh Music. A famous and typical Tuareg instrument is the imzad (also named amzad), a kind of one-string violin.
Where does Tuareg music come from?
A female musical heritage First of all, the Tuareg come from different origins, mainly a mixture between Mali, Algeria, Niger and Burkina Faso. They sing mostly in Berber tamajeq and their music is played mainly by women.
What language do Tinariwen sing in?
Tamashek
Usually performing in their native language, Tamashek, they sing direct addresses to those endless sands. In fact, the band’s name, Tinariwen, is just the plural of “tenere” in Tamashek.
What genre is MDOU Moctar?
Rock
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What is the best Tinariwen album?
The best album credited to Tinariwen is Amassakoul which is ranked number 10,657 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 106. Tinariwen is ranked number 2,458 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 414.
What is desert music called?
Tishoumaren (ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ in Neo-Tifinagh script) or assouf, internationally known as desert blues, is a style of music from the Sahara region of northern and west Africa. Critics describe the music as a fusion of blues and rock music with Tuareg, Malian or North African music.
Which country is Tinariwen from?
Mali
Tinariwen (Tamasheq: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, with vowels ⵜⵉⵏⴰⵔⵉⵡⵉⵏ, pronounced tinariwen “deserts”, plural of ténéré “desert”) is a group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979 in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a peace accord between 1990 and 1995.
What guitars do tinariwen use?
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How do you pronounce MDOU Moctar?
Mdou Moctar (pronounced “M”-“Doh”) is from Abalak, Niger.
What is Tarhatazed?
From it comes “Tarhatazed,” a blazing, seven-minute-long track laden with Hendrix-rivaling solos—especially from the four-minute mark on. Moctar boasts an odd origin story: he was raised in a family that forbade music and built his first guitar out of spare wood and brake wires.