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Dog Ears Music: The Gifting List

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.13.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Eugene Ormandy, K?Naan, Little Willie John, Everest, Tinariwen, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Danielle Evin, Ravi Shankar, The Impressions, Music, Frankie Miller, Oliver Nelson, mp3s, The Pied Pipers, Can, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, A.R. & Machines, Phil Ramone, Charles Mingus, Fats Waller, Billy May and His Orchestra, King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest, Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle, Dog Ears, Loretta Lynn, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Dave Brubeck, Everest, Ravi Shankar, Tinariwen, Fats Waller, Frankie Miller and more.

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Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse

Derek Beres | Posted 01.02.2012 | Arts
Read More: Tuareg, Qawwali, Kiran Ahluwalia, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tinariwen, Arts News
Derek Beres

It would be hard to turn Malian desert blues into a glitzy stratagem, though I'm sure with the genre's growing popularity some will try. Tinariwen does not partake in such foolishness.

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OohLaLA Festival Charms Again

Nicole Garton | Posted 12.10.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: French Touch, France in Los Angeles, Tv on the Radio, French Music, El-Rey-Theater, Hugh Coltman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, OohLaLA Festival, Tinariwen, Chateau Marmont, Kcrw, Nouvelle Vague, Los Angeles, Birdy Nam Nam, Hindi Zahra, Sylvain Taillet, DJ Cam, Tuareg, Goldenvoice, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac, Universal Music Group, Etienne De Crecy, Frenchy Community, Feadz, Los Angeles News
Nicole Garton

The OohLaLA Festival sashayed onto the scene for a third installment of its French musical showcase. The festival featured a diverse lineup of contemporary talent, each exuding a certain je ne sais quoi.

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Dog Ears Music: Volume 141

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jesca Hoop, The Magic Numbers, mp3s, Chris Letcher, Phil Ramone, Tinariwen, Renaldo Domino, Danielle Evin, Music, Dog Ears, Department of Eagles, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, we feature music by Jesca Hoop, The Magic Numbers, Department of Eagles, and more.

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Tinariwen Simplicity in the District of Complexity

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Politics, Complexity, Mindfulness, District of Columbia, Tinariwen, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Simplicity, Music, Presence, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

I have been a fan of Tinariwen (a band of nomadic exile musicians of Tuareg descent) for exactly as long as I have been listening to them, i.e. for ab...

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The Imagine Project: A Conversation With Herbie Hancock

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Joe Cocker, Peter Gabriel, Juanes, Death Wish, Los Lobos, Tinariwen, Vinnie Colaiuta, Marcus Miller, Dave Matthews, Vinicius De Moraes, James Morrison, Bill Cosby, Miles Davis, Kate Bush, The Beatles, India Aire, The Chieftains, Baden Powell, Chaka Khan, Carter Beauford, Toumani Diabete, Lisa Hannigan, James Brown, John Legend, Bob Marley, Tal Wilkenfeld, Wayne Shorter, Omou Sangare, Jeff Beck, Bob Dylan, Fat Albert, John Lennon, Herbie Hancock, Entertainment News, Larry Klein, Pink, Susan Tedeschi, Joni Mitchell, KS Chithra, Derek Trucks, Ceu, Konono, K?Naan, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This modern legend is considered one of the greatest innovators and most influential musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, and Herbie Hancock's music continues to transcend jazz's stereotype.

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They Are Not Palestinian

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Mariem Hassan, Tuareg, Tinariwen, Palestinan, Rosa Montero, Desert Blues, Western Sahara, Shouka, Saharawi, World News
Michal Shapiro

Now these people live in poverty and in refugee camps, but keep the dream of their own independent state alive. Most Americans do not know anything about them.

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Global Beat Fusion: The Romance of Tinariwen

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: African Percussion, Jessy Nottola, Tuareg, Tinariwen, Music and Romance, Coachella, Reggae, Fes, Casablanca, International Music, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

I wonder if people in India that watch American Idol understand all the lyrics, or if medina dwellers in Fes, where I saw 2Pac and Biggie t-shirts constantly, comprehend the hooks they're singing.

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Out Of The Mountains Of Mali, One Band Seeks To Preserve Their Unique Music Style

Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Mali, Music, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Libya, Africa, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Tinariwen, Tuareg, World News
Catherine Lyons

With no newspapers, radio or any other means of mass communication, Tinariwen's music captured the soul of the Tamashek rebellion in which they were participating.

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