Global Arts Live has announced the upcoming streaming film Agadez featuring Nigerien Tuareg musician Bombino. The film will be streamed on Saturday, January 16, 2021…
Al Bilali Soudan – Tombouctou (Clermont Music, 2020) Timbuktu-based Al Bilali Soudan plays a form of Tuareg music that predates the now familiar desert blues.…
The album Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara, originally released in 1960, will be reissued on vinyl and digital in January 2020 on Smithsonian Folkways.…
Two of the finest guitarists from the Saharan region, Bombino and Vieux Farka Touré are set to perform on Sunday, October 13th at 8:00 p.m.,…
Tinariwen – Amadjar (ANTI-Records, 2019) The most famous of the Tuareg desert blues bands, Tinariwen, made their new album during a road trip from southern…
Tuareg act Les Filles de Illighadad comes from an isolated village in central Niger, in the outback deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The…
Goumour Almoctar, beter known as Bombino, was born on January 1, 1980, in Tidene, Niger, a settlement of nomadic Tuaregs located about 80 kilometers to…
Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar was born in 1986 in Niger. Mdou Moctar comes from a small village in central Niger in a remote region. Growing…
Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat Records, 2019) World music fans looking for a desert blues/rock fix get their wish on February 15th with the…
One of the rising stars of Tuareg desert blues, Mdou Moctar, is set to perform on Friday, January 18, 2019 at Gramps in Miami. Nigerien…