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Do yourself a favor and listen to this.
Do yourself a favor and listen to this.
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isaacullah
1476 posts
Apr 21, 2011
10:42 AM
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It's not harmonica, and it's not, strictly speaking, Blues, but you really really really need to take an hour and listen this NPR podcast of this new style of music being made by the Tuareg folks in Niger. They've picked up the electric guitar, and taken aspects of amped Blues and mixed it with their own musical styles to create something totally new and completely amazing. Here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135176796/first-listen-bombino-agadez
And here's the excerpt of text from the NPR website that describes this musical movement:
"The Tuareg people of Saharan Africa have a fine music scene on their hands. In the years since these desert nomads picked up the electric guitar in the early 1980s, rebellious guitarists have given birth to what the West has come to call desert blues: an ultra-repetitive, almost meditative facsimile of psychedelic rock.
Omara "Bombino" Moctar, a 31-year-old guitarist from Niger, is the latest Tuareg phenomenon to graduate from local cassettes to internationally available CDs. His first album on an American record label, 2009's excellent Guitars From Agadez, Vol. 2, was patched together from performances recorded live in the desert. It was one of the finest albums of any kind released that year, but you couldn't help wondering what it would sound like if these extraordinary musicians were given a chance to ply their trade in an actual studio.
Those questions have been answered with Agadez, Bombino's entrancing new album, out April 19. American filmmaker Ron Wyman encountered Bombino while traveling near Agadez, a Tuareg metropolis in northern Niger. Wyman says he was blown away by the cassettes he heard and asked Bombino to come to Cambridge, Mass., to record at his home studio. They later finished the album in Niger.
The resulting music contains some of the most sublime guitar licks you'll hear in 2011. The songs on Agadez combine the best traits of Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, mixing killer solos with delicate repetition. The most magical moments come when Bombino finishes a verse — all sung in the Tuareg language of Tamasheq — and begins to lose himself in his guitar. You can't help but follow him down."
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Stickman
659 posts
Apr 21, 2011
11:55 AM
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very nice Isaac. I'm really into African World music. so I bought the album.
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nacoran
4040 posts
Apr 21, 2011
12:48 PM
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That's catchy... still listening.
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isaacullah
1477 posts
Apr 21, 2011
1:43 PM
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Yeah, one listen through and I bought the album too. I noticed that if you clicked through the link from NPR to buy the album (from Amazon), then part of the proceeds go to supporting NPR, which is pretty cool. Man, I just LOVE this stuff!
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EddieT
60 posts
Apr 25, 2011
4:45 PM
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I've been to Niger. That makes me awesome.
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