Tinariwen November 2, 2007

Having met at a rebel training camp in Libya, the members of Tinariwen decided to trade in their guns for guitars to play songs of resistance. Their music calls for a political awakening of consciousness and approaches the problems of exile, repression in their home country of Mali, and claims of sovereignty and self-determination for the Touareg people. Vieux Farka Toure's debut represents a historic passing of the torch from father to son. A highly-talented guitarist, singer, songwriter and percussionist, Vieux Farka Toure crafts songs in the rich Sonrai tradition of his late father, famed guitarist Ali Farka Toure.