Tinariwen

tinariwen (tamasheq, pronounced tinariwen "deserts", plural of ténéré "desert"[1]) is a grammy award-winning group of tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. the band was formed in 1979[2] in tamanrasset, algeria, but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s.[3] the group first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001 with the release of the radio tisdas Sessions, and with performances at festival au Désert in Mali[4] and the roskilde Festival in denmark.[5] Their popularity rose internationally with the release of the critically acclaimed Aman Iman in 2007. NPR calls the group "music's true rebels,"[6] All deems the group's music "a grassroots voice of rebellion,and slate calls the group "rock 'n' roll rebels whose rebellion, for once, wasn't just metaphorical .