We don’t get many Tuareg bands here in Aotearoa, so Crave! was delighted to send photographer Rachel Matthews to the Powerstation recently to shoot Tinariwen, desert-blues pioneers from Mali, and opening act LEAO.
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We don’t get many Tuareg bands here in Aotearoa, so Crave! was delighted to send photographer Rachel Matthews to the Powerstation recently to shoot Tinariwen, desert-blues pioneers from Mali, and opening act LEAO.