Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mdou Moctar - Credit: Ebru Yildiz Mdou Moctar have dropped a scorching new plea, “Imouhar,” off the Nigerien band’s upcoming album ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mdou Moctar performs on the Hydro Quebec stage at Place D'Youville during Day 4 of the 52nd Festival D'été Quebec (FEQ2019) on ...

On July 26, 2023, Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown in a coup, which prevented Mdou Moctar from safely returning home to Niger. The military coup happened shortly ...

Mdou Moctar was halfway around the world, in the middle of a lengthy tour in 2019, when his partner gave birth. The Tuareg guitarist, who hails from the Saharan desert City of Agadez in central Niger ...

About two and a half minutes into Afrique Victime, the new album by Nigerian guitar phenom Mdou Moctar, the music explodes at you in a way that records often don’t anymore. At the start of opening ...

Mdou Moctar’s 1 p.m. This Tent set was the first item on my Friday itinerary for the star-crossed pandemic-era Bonnaroo. The six-string wizard, who hails from Agadez, Niger, in West Africa, was slated ...

Tuareg group Mdou Moctar will release their new album Funeral for Justice on May 3 via Matador. The album was produced by the band’s bassist, Mikey Coltun. This is Mdou Moctar’s most political album ...

Ever since the Malian "desert blues" band Tinariwen began to build an international audience at the dawn of the millennium, a steady stream of Saharan guitar music has been making its way around the ...

Mdou Moctar was born to shred. The spirit of rock ’n’ roll lies deep in his soul and pulses through his fingertips every time he grabs his ax. When Moctar was growing up in Niger, his parents ...

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Mdou Moctar have dropped a scorching new plea, “Imouhar,” off the Nigerien band’s upcoming album, Funeral for Justice, out May 3 via Matador. “Imouhar” begins with a shaggy, lo-fi groove but quickly ...