Tinariwen February 15, 2010

Icons of freedom and resistance, Tinariwen’s edgy, bluesy sound has earned them fans like Robert Plant and Carlos Santana, whose own music, along with that of John Lee Hooker and others, inspired Tinariwen’s members when they first picked up electric guitars.

Formed in Muammar Al-Qaddafi's rebel training camps in Libya, these exiled nomads-turned-rock-stars of the Sahara Desert have become the soundtrack for Touareg independence and reconciliation, combining traditional Touareg melodies with blues, rock, pop, Berber and Arabic influences to create spare, hypnotic songs.

"...soaring, trance-inducing aural trips..."
– New York Press

Official Website: http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/event.aspx?id=d78dc69e-a1fd-4483-95e9-0c445ab5b012