Tinariwen
Fri, 26 Feb 2027 · 19:30 · Odeon Theatre, Hobart
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">There is a wistful yet joyous depth of feeling in <strong>Tinariwen</strong>’s music that is both universal and personal—an experience defined by struggle, exile and hope, expressed through the band’s unique blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll. </p><p>Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Displaced by colonialism and the partitioning of ancestral territory, the band are in search of a homeland lost to them—a reality expressed musically through their fusion of desert blues with a spirit of honesty and resistance. </p><p>Following their 1970s origins in northern Mali, the band rose to prominence with The Radio Tisdas Sessions in the early 2000s before winning a Grammy Award for their fifth album, ‘Tassili’. Collaborations alongside the likes of Kurt Vile, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and Jack White have cemented Tinariwen’s status as a cult band and a living symbol of Tuareg poetry and resistance. </p><p>Returning to Hobart for the first time since a near-sell out show at the Odeon in 2024, Tinariwen are celebrating their tenth studio album in the spirit of their beginnings—a rawer sound and greater presence of female voices in a collaborative output that reflects the strength of their community.</p><hr><p dir="ltr"><strong>Doors open</strong> 7:30pm<br><em>All times are subject to change</em></p><hr><p><span class="fr-video fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Snu2cGohYC4?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></p><hr><p><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT</strong><br>We acknowledge and respect the Palawa people as the traditional and ongoing owners of the skies, land, and water of Lutruwita. We…