Sixteen years ago, a group called Tinariwen (the word for “deserts” in the Tamashek language) burst onto the world music scene with a performance at Mali’s Festival au Désert and subsequent performances in Europe. Since that time, the group has served as the unofficial musical ambassadors of the nomadic Touareg people and the “desert blues”, or assouf, music of the…
Following up on our top news articles of 2016, another annual Pine Tree Republic tradition is to review the past year in world music. With digital music services making ever more music available from around the world, it can be difficult to distinguish what makes “world music” distinct from any other kind of music we might hear these…
Good morning, Pine Tree Republic citizens! Today we debut a new feature on this blog called Worldbeat. I’m a big fan of world music, and am excited to share some of the latest albums from around the world with all of you. The Worldbeat series will be a monthly feature on one particular world music album of…
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