When I entered the packed Highline Ballroom last night to watch the West-African group Tinariwen, I didn’t know what to expect exactly. This band of Tuareg nomads, who sing in the Tamashek language, draw on traditional Tuareg music and West-African blues guitar (think Ali Farka Touré) to create soaring, trance-inducing aural trips (continue at nypress.com)If you missed it; they're doing a FREE in store today at Other Music
