Tinariwen: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Even in a stripped-down acoustic formation, Tinariwen's trance-inducing desert music doesn't disappoint. Watch the Tuareg musicians adorn their beautiful, flowing robes for a stunning set in the NPR Music offices.
    Set List:
    "Adounia"
    "Takkest Tamidaret"
    "Tenhert"
    "Tahlamoyt"
    For more videos and to subscribe to the Tiny Desk Concerts podcast, visit npr.org/tinydeskconcerts.

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  • @grandmastermonk1
    @grandmastermonk1 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's 2024.... about to watch these guys perform in Sydney Opera House! Life is good.

  • @5k33k
    @5k33k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Since I couldn't find it anywhere else, here are the musicians names
    Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni - Vocals/Guitar
    Eyadou Ag Leche - Guitar
    Said Ag Ayad - Calebasse
    Special thanks to Patrick Votan from their management team for the help!

    • @charleshash4919
      @charleshash4919 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tiny Desk is not very good at giving the names of the musicians that perform on their platform -- but all of the support staff for the show are named in the details given for each show.

  • @DarioForte
    @DarioForte 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    What is interesting about Tinariwen is not only their music but also their story and their musical contamination throughout the years. It is really an interesting band.

  • @itmyowninvention
    @itmyowninvention 11 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    anybody here like Ali Farka Toure? I'm surprised I do not see his name mentioned anywhere in the comments. If you like this check him out. Boubacar Traore is good too!

    • @shamsulalamdhaka
      @shamsulalamdhaka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      itmyowninvention
      Yes, I like Ali Farka.

    • @sidharthwarrier9001
      @sidharthwarrier9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like Ali Farka too .

    • @nealdmiller
      @nealdmiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Vieux! Talking Timbuktu was one of the tapes started us on this journey!
      Hope all are safe and well!

    • @MiguelGomes2023
      @MiguelGomes2023 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boubacar traore is awesome!

    • @adamdebesai
      @adamdebesai ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are all great musicians. What are your favorite songs by each artist?
      My favorites are:
      Tinariwen- Nanuflay, Koud Edhaz Amin, Nizzagh Ijbal, Cler Achel, Amasakoul N’Tenere, Sesante Trois (63), Imidiwan Sadjat Tislim, Tamoujrat Assis
      Ali Farka Toure - Diaraby, Takamba, Tulumba, Machengoidi, Howkouna, Savane
      Boubacar Traore - Soundiata, Dounia, Mali Ba

  • @sergiovasq
    @sergiovasq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    So easy to listen to.
    Great at the end of a long day.
    A quiet place.
    A comfortable chair.
    Zoning out from the day with this playing....bliss.

  • @YoungxThunder
    @YoungxThunder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Adounia: 0:00
    Takkest Tamidaret: 5:15
    Tenhert: 9:57
    Tahlamoyt: 15:44

  • @MugoiKihaku
    @MugoiKihaku 11 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I saw them live.. it was quite the beautiful experience

  • @ajdc88
    @ajdc88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i've listened to this about 1000 times

  • @jeremyacton4569
    @jeremyacton4569 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I'm digging that bassman playing upside down string lefty on a classical guitar with 4 strings.
    Re: All the debate on this African music's relationship to Blues. Blues's cycles came from these African roots rhythms and riffs.
    Thanks to Tinariwen and NPR. That was groovy!

    • @smoothali4311
      @smoothali4311 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      actually the one who signs on the left is the one who plays bass but in a different way he plays the Mi string all time and its sound like Bass sound.

    • @sensorysyrynx
      @sensorysyrynx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All six (steel) strings are clearly visible at 8:12 and again at 14:59. The pin bridge and compensated saddle make it obvious that the guitar is not a classical, despite the slotted peg head.

    • @aaronlandau5575
      @aaronlandau5575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In my opinion, Tinariwen's bassist is one of their best musical gifts

    • @darrellspires1531
      @darrellspires1531 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeremy Acton im

  • @TsegayeHGirmay
    @TsegayeHGirmay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tuareg Music. Very similar to that of my motherland's, Ethiopia. It is beautiful. It is beautiful.

  • @barimando
    @barimando 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love the use of the pentatonic scale. The oldest, most used and versatile scale in the world.

  • @rubenskiii
    @rubenskiii 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful, all those years later still.
    Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱.

  • @eddyc4603
    @eddyc4603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Edit: answer to the comment saying this and blues grew separately or entirely independent from each other:
    - More like it went full circle. It's gone around the circle a few more times since early Tinariwen days (Farka Toure with Ry Cooder, Boubacar Traore recording in Louisiana, etc.). The whole Tuareg and West African blues scene is fire now, also from Niger. Most of them mention listening to American blues and such (no denying where that came from originally) in the early days, and each added their own twist to it. These days it is my favourite type of music and I listen to a lot, it's the closest I know to a direct, primal massage of the senses. Makes some of the established Western superstars sound silly.

  • @BeniYahNomad
    @BeniYahNomad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from east Tennessee and just found tinariwen today and love it. Been looking for this a long time!

  • @appuswami6611
    @appuswami6611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I went to their show here in Bangalore last year and I am not exaggerating when I say that it is the best live performance I have been to till date.
    I hope they come perform here again. And one day I hope to produce a music video for Tinariwen.
    This December I have the opportunity to attend FKJ live too! Looking forward to that as well.

    • @mohamedamezianetamendjari4126
      @mohamedamezianetamendjari4126 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 5th they'll be playing here in algeria and i am so hecking exited!!!

    • @mle1ravens1
      @mle1ravens1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've seen FKJ 3 times live now and you are in for a great treat my friend!

    • @rimstrae
      @rimstrae ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh they played in Banglore??? Which festval? Hope they come to India again :(

    • @appuswami6611
      @appuswami6611 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rimstrae it was in the good times when indiranagar had brilliant live music. This happened at the humming tree.

  • @kzkz22
    @kzkz22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Awesome music it's my favorite band. . . . . tuarge people love people and pics i sure because I'm from there

  • @jouharii
    @jouharii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    man! the lefty bassist is amazing! the percussionist with the lighters is a master and the music is perfect! i hope NPR invites them again especially with Ibrahim Ag Alhabib

    • @KAMATCHO0001
      @KAMATCHO0001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ibrahim is a legend bro , ❤TOUERG people❤ proud of my roots 🌹

  • @DaemonRicks
    @DaemonRicks 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Superb band from the four deserts!

  • @theresapelham1918
    @theresapelham1918 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was very grateful to have seen heard and danced to these musicians of far away Motherland... in Brooklyn NY. Wow...will never forget. Thank you

  • @fahdvibes
    @fahdvibes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    for ever Tinariwen.
    I'll never forget that M'hamid Elghizlan festival, the show was really good,just desert and music..❤️

  • @rodophersen
    @rodophersen 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TINARIWEN: they are fabulous!!! Thanks very much for your music!!!

  • @thegardenpear
    @thegardenpear 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! What an experience this must have been. Thanks NPR for the awesome music!

  • @kennethbrown4259
    @kennethbrown4259 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love their music, I feel a very deep connection to it. Tinariwen's music is universal ❤

  • @ndtoknw
    @ndtoknw 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    How beautiful! Very talented!
    The man is using a lighter! That has to be the coolest thing i have seen in a long time!
    well done!

    • @shamsulalamdhaka
      @shamsulalamdhaka 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeramy Roberts
      Music, hypnotic, rythomic.

  • @patriciaselva1624
    @patriciaselva1624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    vous êtes de magnifiques musiciens

  • @orangeearth4139
    @orangeearth4139 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are so many things in that man's face and his voice, I could watch him all day

  • @RoelHovenga
    @RoelHovenga 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How I love this band... Makes me travel to Africa without even going.

  • @nikolaskohl4269
    @nikolaskohl4269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Just realized that the guy on percussion is playing with two lighters. Just thought that was fun, but yeah, these guys are good.

  • @sidiagsalim4602
    @sidiagsalim4602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    c'était splendide, merci pour l'équipe qui nous a permit de revivre ça.

  • @LexHills1
    @LexHills1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Didn't expect to see these guys doing an NPRM T.D.C! Nice one, guys! Gorgeous stuff, and gorgeous album :)

  • @michaeljackson37
    @michaeljackson37 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this band is very famous
    the winners of grammy award for best album

  • @ndtoknw
    @ndtoknw 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the first song.....the acoustic version is incredible....

  • @jestyosleeky
    @jestyosleeky 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for downloading this, and the myriad of others... rest assured, I, and the people I know, appreciate your efforts.

  • @suiyan6057
    @suiyan6057 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    yes they have their own way to explain the music and the world!

  • @younesshassani3381
    @younesshassani3381 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a wonderful thing to see the moroccan band on the desk❤

  • @Eliozzzzzz
    @Eliozzzzzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome music from heart and earth... peace!!!

  • @suiyan6057
    @suiyan6057 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my favorest band of africa! very cool.

  • @jonsnoek
    @jonsnoek 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Definitely Delta Blues influence, but that's because Tuareg music, and music from their region of Mali and other west African countries was brought over to the US with the slaves who used instruments like the guitar and banjo to recreate the sound of instruments like the Kora (which is a traditional Tuareg instrument). It's their music that influenced the Delta blues. The polyrhythm sound that is not completely in sync or harmonious at times is intentional, and is also used in delta blues

    • @mohamed-amineboumzgou408
      @mohamed-amineboumzgou408 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      jonsnoek berbers ( twaregs ) were never inslaved

    • @danialzaman1438
      @danialzaman1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The banjo itself is based off of the akonting which is an African instrument.

  • @gypsymandolin7359
    @gypsymandolin7359 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful music !

  • @NedBoukharine
    @NedBoukharine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually, Tuaregs are a branch of the Berber tribe of Sanhadja which emigrated to North Africa way back before the Romans and the Phoenicians did. The last member of the original tribe of Sanhadja, an elderly lady, died about five years ago. There are still extensive archeological vestiges from their palaces, cemeteries and dwellings to be seen in the region of Hadramut, Yemen. Tuaregs are a type of very ancient Arab tribes.

  • @valizeron
    @valizeron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excelente. Escuchando esta música uno comienza a descubrir de donde viene una cantidad de música contemporánea. A pesar de que los tuareg son del norte de Africa y no de lo que se llama Africa Negra al sur del Sahara, igual hay energía similar a la música negra actual sobre todo en Norte, Centro y Sud América y también en Europa sobre todo en Francia. Brillante./
    Excellent. Listening to this music one begins to discover where an amount of contemporary music comes from. Although
    the Tuareg are from North Africa and not from what is called Black Africa to the south of the Sahara, there is similar energy to today's black music, especially in North, Central and South America and also in Europe, especially in France. Sparkly./

  • @AsSamsung-wc6qn
    @AsSamsung-wc6qn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Waw amazigh touareg music so wonderful

  • @bennicolas8805
    @bennicolas8805 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • @heeblay3066
    @heeblay3066 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful stuff I love

  • @stigandr5
    @stigandr5 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that's a nice addition to the Tiny Desk Series!

  • @Zicke1064
    @Zicke1064 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see them live in Dortmund 2017 and it was amazing 😍

  • @mayonaiseizationable
    @mayonaiseizationable 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is beautiful

  • @johnshaw4164
    @johnshaw4164 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    First I saw & heard of them was when they opened up for Robert Plant in Taormina Sicily...amazing show!!

  • @SuperRealhigh
    @SuperRealhigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To play your instrument with a lighter is anther leave lol , As a musician I'm in love with this band

  • @ZeriMelodik
    @ZeriMelodik 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great and Wonderful.
    I LOVE IT.

  • @motitabochinche4677
    @motitabochinche4677 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    jURABA QUE no los iba a encontrar en Tiny Desk y boom, Tiny siempre me sorprende

  • @amazingmorocco235
    @amazingmorocco235 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this sound is the better of Tinariwen i like it so much

  • @serranasuarez1152
    @serranasuarez1152 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    un abrazo desde uruguay que buena musica........................................

  • @mekkib.bourzam2726
    @mekkib.bourzam2726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the bass left handed player is amazing ...

  • @Flippaarn
    @Flippaarn 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow sounds great

  • @NewMexicoeWine
    @NewMexicoeWine 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I laughed soo hard when I noticed the guy in the back playing the dried vegatation(??) WITH A BIC LIGHTER!!!

  • @Aberfifth
    @Aberfifth 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely!

  • @bgbreakdown
    @bgbreakdown 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done, lefty! :)

  • @ekzoekzo
    @ekzoekzo 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    those guys are crazy good

  • @entropyfun
    @entropyfun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tinariwen je zakon!

    • @bosniared7
      @bosniared7 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      dancing bear totalno

  • @nicolecosten8224
    @nicolecosten8224 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can just hear a camel's hooves traipsing through the desert sand as they sing

  • @cocomaan
    @cocomaan 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with you on the syncopation, I'm not sure what the time signature is either.

  • @mohamedelhanafi8628
    @mohamedelhanafi8628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous

  • @ai4nlp
    @ai4nlp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Roots of blues from its real origin , Africa !

  • @suiyan6057
    @suiyan6057 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i was much influenced by them of palying guitar

  • @amazingmorocco235
    @amazingmorocco235 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice music i like this sound

  • @bartolocasanova
    @bartolocasanova 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    From what album is the song Adounia??? sounds amazing

  • @gregmcdermand6795
    @gregmcdermand6795 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Herein lies the genetic ancestral roots of blues and later, rock and roll. Its a marker.

  • @habertree
    @habertree 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to see they rock it old school with their attire, and not just with 14th Century robes: I spy with my little eye a calculator watch at 3:32.
    SO OLD SCHOOL.

  • @raincitypsyche
    @raincitypsyche 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love the pumpkin

    • @hasinabegum626
      @hasinabegum626 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      R.L. Bogdanović
      Ha ha ha pumpkin and lighter.

  • @luamoonluna
    @luamoonluna 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    love

  • @shamsulalamdhaka
    @shamsulalamdhaka 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Few numbers of musical instruments, but melodious song, attractive.

  • @rikaettal4535
    @rikaettal4535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanmirth i mazighen

  • @mayonaiseizationable
    @mayonaiseizationable 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @aiktai I love it! That's all.

  • @timbulb
    @timbulb 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    So when do they start adorning their robes? And with what were they supposed to adorn them?

  • @Jibbuns
    @Jibbuns 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know the name of the pumpkin instrument?

  • @projetosarquivados
    @projetosarquivados 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    quero uma percução dessas.

  • @crymeariver161
    @crymeariver161 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    explain please.

  • @user-fr4hj9bw2e
    @user-fr4hj9bw2e 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    قيمة في لأداء

  • @husnainanwaar1992
    @husnainanwaar1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were in Worship in the Desert...

  • @aesaprza
    @aesaprza 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok so i left the last video on it was The Cranberries. I am glad that I did these guys are good!

  • @chinotwinkie
    @chinotwinkie 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i feel like every time the drummer smiles, the singer is saying something funny.

  • @sherifsherif9245
    @sherifsherif9245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    تحيا لرجال الصحراء الكبرى ....
    ليغ دس تيمتار...هوسكسنين

  • @RebeccaPedersonHessey
    @RebeccaPedersonHessey 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @ItsybitsyspiderMamma That's a pumpkin he's playing, or that's the name you gave it?

  • @chegeraut
    @chegeraut 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice

  • @redshift912
    @redshift912 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @joeb094 no one thought of that band name yet..very surprised

  • @tarikbenhaddou8146
    @tarikbenhaddou8146 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @Sherifsound.
    @Sherifsound. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *He's tapping with a purple lighter lol this is cool*

  • @CrossBonesAlex
    @CrossBonesAlex 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Song at 10:20 is my favorite groove

  • @mmedeuxchevaux
    @mmedeuxchevaux 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i prefer the "stripped-down acoustic formation" of anything.

  • @ItsybitsyspiderMamma
    @ItsybitsyspiderMamma 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @nccmrm97 I really don't know, but it looks like a pumpkin, right?

  • @stevenbauer6102
    @stevenbauer6102 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somebody knows whats the Name of this drum?

  • @crymeariver161
    @crymeariver161 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    no, you hear a little Malian music in Robert Johnson

  • @mbsnyderc
    @mbsnyderc 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would really like to know what the words mean.read there bio its interesting.

  • @SaidAfroukh
    @SaidAfroukh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ⴰⵢⵢⵓⵣ ⴰⵢⵜⵎⴰ !!

  • @joshuabensolomon711
    @joshuabensolomon711 ปีที่แล้ว

    is he using open guitar tuning? 😮

  • @f1tof2
    @f1tof2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:45 imagine being one of the person who works in the building next to npr- what a lucky basters[sorry for the bad language]

  • @cocomaan
    @cocomaan 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's mostly pentatonic, and I think it's in some kind of F# open chord.

  • @adambadruddinsyah3178
    @adambadruddinsyah3178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has robin given the old man his bells back yet?

  • @jamaln9056
    @jamaln9056 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    is it usual to tie your guitar strap to the headstock? sounds like a bad idea

    • @lspliffy
      @lspliffy 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Firstname Surname ye totally normal on acoustic. a lot of them don't even come with another strap button. just one on the bottom and they expect you to tie the other to the neck.