Performance Information Date:  Saturday, April 8, 2006 Time:  8:00 pm Place:  Cedar Cultural Center Address:  416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis Price:  $26 ($22 Walker/Cedar members) View all associated images View this performance in the Walker Calendar
		Image: Tinariwen Photo: courtesy the artist

"Songs can extend like sweeping desert landscapes. And like a nomad traversing those sands, Tinariwen’s music carries only essentials and needs nothing more." —New York Times

Hear the new sound of desert blues from Mali—Tinariwen’s sinuous electric guitars and galloping rhythms meld with centuries-old traditional melodies, collective vocals, and punctuating handclaps. This band of Touaregs was formed in a refugee camp in Libya in the early 1980s when they traded their guns for electric guitars to create gutty, riff-driven songs of exile and rebellion. Their East-meets-West sound has kindred roots that stretch from Bob Marley to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry to Ali Farka Touré. Presented as standing room with limited seating. Copresented with the Cedar Cultural Center.

The Performing Arts Program is generously supported with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through the Doris Duke Fund for Jazz and Dance and the Doris Duke Performing Arts Endowment Fund. Music series supported by media partner The Current 89.3 FM.

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