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- Summary: Saul Williams, Matt Sweeney and Josh Klinghoffer appear as guests on the sixth release for the desert blues rock band from Mali.
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- Record Label: Anti
- Genre(s): International
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| Toumast Tincha | |
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| Walking through it Walking in the winter The desert Then I see it My beloved Dancing through fire Dancing through fire ... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Feb 6, 2014It’s a truly absorbing listen, almost effortless. For a band that have been through so much turmoil, they convey so much beauty.
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MagnetFeb 21, 2014It's a captivating album, full of gradually shifting textures, meditative chants and brilliant guitar playing. [No. 106, p.59]
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Feb 11, 2014Emmaar finds the desert-blues group returning to the crackling electric sound that is their trademark, but here the implicit knowledge of conflict lingers like a fog.
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Feb 7, 2014A band that could forever rely on their fascinating back-story and critical adoration alone, Tinariwen strives for much more on Emmaar.
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MojoFeb 11, 2014Tinariwen still speak to the world as outsiders, but now they are telling us more about ourselves than we knew before. [Mar 2014, p.92]
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Feb 10, 2014It's perhaps not as immediate as 2007's Aman Iman, but no less pleasing.
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Feb 12, 2014For better and worse, surprises on Emmaar are scarce if there are any.
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