Amatssou/20 pages Booklet

Description

On their ninth studio album, the legendary collective set out to explore the shared sensibilities between their desert blues and the vibrant country music of rural America. Amatssou, is the Tamashek term for "Beyond The Fear", and it is entirely appropriate. Tinariwen have always been distinguished by their fearlessness, single-handedly inventing a guitar style that has captured the attention of the entire world. They call it ishumar or assouf ("nostalgia" in Tamashek). The rest of the world knows it as Tuareg blues. It is a music full of sadness and nostalgia, but it is also music to dance to, to forget your worries. With additional production from Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson), Amatssou features the band's characteristic winding guitar lines and hypnotic grooves, coexisting harmoniously with banjos, violins, and pedal steel. Thousands of miles of ocean may separate these two landscapes, but the links are as palpable as they are romantic. The first single, Tenere Den, is an exciting extension of the classic sound invented by Tinariwen.