Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Gary Miller/WireImage Hailing from the desert city of Agadez in Niger, Mdou Moctar is a genuine trailblazer. With a sound ...
Mdou Moctar has released a new single titled ‘Oh France’, a track from their upcoming album named ‘Funeral For Justice’, which will be released on Friday, 3rd May. Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett in ...
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 ...
Over about a decade of touring in the West, Moctar, 40, has carved out a niche as a modern African guitar hero and one of the very few voices in the pop world calling attention to the struggles of the ...
Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics ...
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 ...
The crowd at HiFi Annex experienced a night of transcendent shredding thanks to Mdou Moctar and their supporting act, Golomb. Dubbed "the Hendrix of the Sahara" by The Guardian, Moctar and company ...
Mdou Moctar just wrapped up their North American tour, which included appearances at Pitchfork, the Newport Folk Festival, and NYC’s SummerStage. Their stay has been extended, not by their own hand ...
As soon as Mdou Moctar plugs in at the Tiny Desk, the Saharan shred begins. The music feels midstream, as if the licks never cease in his fingers — guitar strings bend with the utmost gentility, but, ...
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