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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Mdou Moctar, the acclaimed guitarist from Niger, will perform at the Sydney Opera House for the first time in March 2023. Moctar will be in Australia for a number of festivals, including WOMADelaide, ...

Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar has released a new track, “Taliat,” from his upcoming album, Afrique Victime, out May 21st via Matador. “Taliat” is centered around Moctar’s billowing guitar lines, which ...

There’s a simple reason for the frenzied sound of Mdou Moctar’s music. “For me, it’s like the world is going crazy,” says the electric guitarist, a descendant of the Tuareg people of the West African ...

Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and "rock music" by melding Eddie Van Halen pyrotechnics, full-blast noise and guitar shredding, field ...

Correction: A graphic in this piece misspelled the name of bassist Mikey Coltun. The transcript has been updated. We regret the error. Guitarist Mdou Moctar has been ...

This Thursday, Matador will release a deluxe edition of Mdou Moctar's fifth studio album, May 2021's Afrique Victime, featuring nine bonus tracks. Today, Moctar is sharing "Nakanegh Dich,” the only ...