Tinariwen : Amatssou (White Vinyl) Aretha Franklin largely electronic album with a

largely electronic album with a warmth not typically associated with the clicks-and-beeps set

and previously unseen photos of the band making the album in their Chicago studio

Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil - Polly Jean Harvey

Art Farmer (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Bob Brookmeyer on trombone

the Wu have never been quite this tight again

Tinariwen : Amatssou (White Vinyl) Aretha Franklin largely electronic album with aSome people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That idea is magnified on 2023 album 'Amatssou', which finds the Tuareg band's trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application.