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Oyiwame is a group formed in 1985 by primary school student from Toudou, in Northern Niger. “Mixing traditional percussion, Tuareg guitar, and folk songs, Oyiwane addresses the populations of their region, tackling development, education, and modern nomadic life“. Their song ‘Fatima’ is part of the eleventh episode of...
‘Afrique Victime’ is the title track and latest single extracted from Nigerien singer/songwriter Mdou Moctar‘s upcoming namesake album, out on May 21 via Matador Records. With Afrique Victime, Mdou Moctar “boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and ‘rock music’ by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic...
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...
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...
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...
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Kel Assouf are a rocking inter-global trio, whose roots fuse from West African Sahara to European Belgium and beyond. They sit comfortably in the Tuareg musical character, moulded by trailblazers Tinariwen, but with this new release, they burst through and breakdown musical barriers, roaring rock’n’roll, as well as spiritually meditative...
Since 2016, when we first met them at WOMAD UK, we have constantly felt under the rocky spell of Kel Assouf. The roughness of their sound, which goes side-by-side with their heartfelt and profound lyrics, has brought new life into the so-called Tuareg rock style. Despite being based in Brussels...
