I've been sitting with a CD for a couple of weeks now: listening to it, thinking about it, and sort of letting it percolate inside of me. It's not often I have the luxury of doing this with a ...

Called "One of the overlooked gems of 2011! Stirring and unforgettable," by Richard Marcus of blogcritics.org, filmmaker and producer Ron Wyman's film "Agadez, The Music and the Rebellion," will be ...

Guitarist Bombino’s performance at a wedding in the desert city of Agadez, Niger, six years ago was, in some ways, a typical job. Then 27, he had been playing music since childhood and toured globally ...

With North African guitarist Omara Mochtar, a.k.a. Bombino, currently on the run from repressive government forces in Niger, this debut album of his acoustic and electric playing in the Tuareg style ...

In the 2010 documentary Agadez, The Music And The Rebellion, director Ron Wyman explores the culture of the Tuareg people of North Africa — specifically their music. As pointed out in the film, one ...

On a recent night in New York City, an ecstatic crowd jammed the dance floor of the club Brooklyn Bowl to see one of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists. He doesn’t hail from the Mississippi ...

When the Tuareg people of northern Niger once again decided to take up arms in the face of government neglect and repression in 2007, Omara “Bombino” Moctar joined the fight with his guitar. Like the ...

African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. For Omara Moctar, the ...

Forged by the unforgiving Sahara Desert, over which they ruled for centuries as traders, the Tuareg have never shied away from a fight. In recent years, one of the most effective weapons in their ...

Bombino didn’t need to know the native tongue to get the Iron Horse Music Hall on its feet Monday night. Brian Canova/Flickr The scene was a lot like the parties Omara “Bombino” Moctar used to play – ...