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 ...

Omara Moctar, who goes by the name "Bombino," is a guitarist and singer from the Agadez region of Niger with a cult following all across West Africa. His rich, trance-like music has hints of the blues ...

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 ...

Bombino and the Tuareg guitar revolution. By April Welsh The guitar: a humble six-stringed instrument to some, but to others, a powerful symbol of revolutionary change or anti-government feeling. It ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Omar Moctar (bka Bombino) hails from Niger and records music in Tamasheq, the native language of his small hometown of Agadez. In ...

For Omara Moctar, the electrifying Tuareg guitarist better known as "Bombino," there is no better place to play music than the majestic starkness of the desert. "There's the heat, there's the wind, ...