Tinariwen - Abdallah & Hassan of Tinariwen with JeConte - fundraiser for ESSAKANE Film

Tinariwen&Abdallah & Hassan with JeConte performing for the Essakane film fundraiser at the Top Tomato Market in Los Angeles. Desert Blues... For more on JeConte: For More on Tinariwen: Tinariwen&music and sensibility have always been close to the American Blues and on &they re-enact the emotions of an individual who finds himself face to face with loneliness and doubt, gripped by torment, the prisoner of inextricable circumstances (&But that individual also manages to find hope in the strength of his community (&Wan Sahara&or in the simple pleasure afforded by insignificant daily moments, as on the song &Tamidarest&sung by Abdallah, which drops us right in the middle of the desert, with its slow-baked pace that lends itself to pure contemplation of man&surrounding and to profound inner meditation. For that reason, &isn&just an extraordinary musical moment, in which Tinariwen repossess their own art to the extent that they feel completely relaxed about inviting others into their world, it&also a shared human experience of rare quality.