Desert Blues with Les Filles de Illighadad
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Listen to some Desert Blues by “Les Filles de Illighadad” live.
Les Filles de Illighadad come from a secluded commune in central Niger, far off in the scrubland deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The village is only accessible via a grueling drive through the open desert and there is little infrastructure, no electricity […]
Les Filles de Illighadad – Imigradan
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Fatou Seidi Ghali, lead vocalist and performer of Les Filles de Illighadad is one of the only Tuareg female guitarists in Niger. Sneaking away with her older brother’s guitar, she taught herself to play. While Fatou’s role as the first female Tuareg guitarist is groundbreaking, it is just as interesting for her musical direction. In […]
Les Filles de Illighadad – Surbajo
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Les Filles de Illighadad live, recorded @ Pioneer Works was released in 2021.
There’s something bittersweet that it’s the sound of Illighadad that has propelled Les Filles’ to travel so far and so often. Playing on a stage 5000 miles from home, their performance evokes the village with a heavy ever-present nostalgia. In singing […]
Thingalene – Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou
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Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou (c. 1962 – 4 January 2020) was a Tuareg guitarist from Niger. He was one of the founders of the ishumar genre of the desert blues, a politicized, guitar-driven musical genre of the Kel Tamasheq people of North Africa’s Sahel.
Recorded in Benin (1995) with the help of Nel Oliver, this album is basically groovy music for freedom fighters.
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Bombino – Inar
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Studio recording of the song “Inar” (If You Know the Degree of My Love For You) from the album “Azel” in 2016.
"Bombino delivers an accessible sound that will appeal to fans of blues, indie rock, jam bands, world music and more…"
Omara “Bombino” Moctar, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter, was raised during an […]
