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Tinariwen is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Deakin, Mariem Hassan, José González, Justin Adams and Ali Farka Touré. Those roots explain a lot about how Tinariwen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vieux Farka Touré, Amadou & Mariam, Orchestra Baobab, Toumani Diabaté and Songhoy Blues, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amadou & Mariam, Tunde Adebimpe, Tamikrest and Hozier, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Tinariwen, reaching back through Deakin and forward to Amadou & Mariam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tinariwen connections
Tinariwen grew out of Deakin, Mariem Hassan, José González and Justin Adams, shares an orbit with Vieux Farka Touré, Amadou & Mariam, Orchestra Baobab and Toumani Diabaté, went on to shape Amadou & Mariam, Tunde Adebimpe, Tamikrest and Hozier. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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