Bombino, a young musician from Niger, makes music both ancient and contemporarywith percussion and vocal components that date back of the Sahara Desert's dunes. Born Omara Moctar, Bombino is of the ...

Mdou Moctar plays a style of desert blues called “ishumar,” which is technically a new genre. Rock ‘n’ roll audiences have begun to embrace the music of Moctar and his colleagues because there’s ...

Launched in 2001 by Tuareg guitarists Keddou Ag Ossad and Sanou Ag Ahmed, founding members of the acclaimed world music outfit Tinariwen, Terakaft has honed a leaner, more stripped-down approach by ...

In a story too far-fetched for a Hollywood script, Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar survived life on the run as a desert fugitive, only to emerge four years later as a ...

Tuareg greats Imarhan released their new album Aboogi today via City Slang. The album features a number of notable guests, including Tinariwen’s Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, and Super Furry Animals’ Gruff ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Omara “Bombino” ...

The music of Mali's Tuareg people is music of resistance. Master traders of the Sahara desert for millenia, they've never enjoyed significant political power, and their musical culture reflects that ...

Over the weekend, Tuareg rebels in West Africa made a rapid advance, capturing the cities of Kidal, Gao, and Timbuktu. If Mali is shaped somewhat like a butterfly, the rebels now claim to control its ...

In a riot of colour, music and dance, thousands of Tuareg have flocked to the Sebeiba festival that marks the end of an ancient tribal feud and which once a year transforms an oasis town deep in the ...