Tassili

While the music may have been written amidst the sand and sun that the members know intimately, it was not until Tassili Anti- that Tinariwen recorded in its native environment.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

The band's latest album, "Tassili," features contributions from members of TV on the Radio, Wilco and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and this show stands to be electrifying, which is always the case when Tinariwen takes the stage.

Home Cooking, Foreign Fare Andy Battaglia 2011

As incredible as the concert was, nothing will erase that impromptu offering from my mind, and nothing has come as close to capturing the intimacy of that moment, until Tassili.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

While the music may have been written amidst the sand and sun that the members know intimately, it was not until Tassili Anti- that Tinariwen recorded in its native environment.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

Getty Images Tinariwen tours in support of its new album, 'Tassili.'

Home Cooking, Foreign Fare Andy Battaglia 2011

As incredible as the concert was, nothing will erase that impromptu offering from my mind, and nothing has come as close to capturing the intimacy of that moment, until Tassili.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

Tassili N'Ajjer, further north, is more purely Saharan and has a lower level of biodiversity and in Chad suffering from civil conflict for over twenty years little wildlife is believed to remain.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Women gathering grain 5000-6000 BCE, Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria.

Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria 2008

Cypresses on the plateau have already been catalogued and numbered and since 1987 a Czechoslovakian project with WWF/IUCN assistance has set out to re-introduce tarout cypress to the Tassili plateau.

Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria 2008

Crossing the massif is generally only practicable for four-wheel drive vehicles, and requires permission from the Tassili National Park office (OPNT) in Djanet, which prepares itineraries, and supervises and guides tourists within the area of the nearby Park and elsewhere.

Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria 2008