Londoners don’t usually have the pleasure of being blown away by some intense and stormy Saharan rock, but when they do, it’s often thanks to Kel Assouf, one of the most active names spreading the Tuareg music all over the world.
The trio, led by Nigerian Aboubacar “Anana” Harouna, has brought the sound of the desert to Europe, to Belgium to be more precise. It has refined it with urban arrangements but is still able to unleash its most deep-rooted instincts.
On the last Saturday of the month, Anana together with Sofyann Ben Youssef and Olivier Penu will musically set the Crypt of St. Giles Church in Camberwell on fire and hit the calendar with their bright guitar sound at the 17th London African Music Festival.
For once, we will move far away from our London comfort zone to explore the Sahara desert. Our next live streaming session, organised in partnership with our friends at Hit The Road Music Studio (and streamed on both pages), will travel on a Trans-Saharan route to bring you sounds from…
Artists: Anana Harouna , Farid Drif , Imadriwen , Izouran N-Sahara , Kel Assouf
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some…
Artists: Abdul And The Gang , Altın Gün , Anthony Joseph , Benjamin Zephaniah , Criolo , Dj Firmeza , Dj Lilocox , Dj Lycox , Kel Assouf , Orchestra Baobab , Sarathy Korwar , Shabaka Hutchings , Shingai , The Heliocentrics , Valia Calda
We’re backstage at WOMAD 2016 drinking mint tea with Kel Assouf, a group of musicians who describe themselves as playing ‘Stoner Rock’ from the desert. But this is not the Californian desert of Palm Desert Rock acts like Queens of the Stone Age- we’re talking about the Sahara desert. The…
Artists: Kel Assouf
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