"Arhegh Danagh" is one of the highlights off Tinariwen's Emmaar LP, an album the Northern Malian desert blues band opted to record in California’s Joshua Tree National Park due to the turmoil back at home. "Even being abroad," vocalist/guitarist Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni told us in an interview earlier this year, "we did not feel too distant from home because we were with friends, and also because of the environment we were in. When we would look outside, there were no buildings in sight. Only desert. So we felt a lot of freedom..."
The music video for "Arhegh Danagh" brings that sentiment to light as Tinariwen perform in the distant but familiar setting of Joshua Tree. Tinariwen's Inside / Outside: Joshua Tree Acoustic Sessions EP, a 5-track collection of campfire jams tracked during the Emmaar sessions, is out today from Anti-. In addition, the group will be embarking on a US tour this month, see their full dates listed below. For more, read our interview with Tinariwen's Alhousseyni, in which he talks recording far from home, the political situation in northern Mali and the uncertainty of future plans.
