Tinariwen brings the desert to the world’s ears

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Tinariwen is a Tuareg music collective from the Sahara Desert that fuses American blues with Tuareg and African folk styles. Their new album, “Idrache (Traces of the Past)” came out last month. Carol Hills has the story.

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