Product Review

RSD. On their enthralling new album Tassili, Tinariwen have set down their electric guitars & returned to the very essence of their art. Recorded in the South-ü]Eastern Algerian desert, the group returned to the roots of their music, with only acoustic guitars and unamplified percussion. For the first-time allowing outside musicians into their tight-ü]knit band, Tinariwen are joined by Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Maloneof the band TV on the Radio, guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco)and members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.