Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mdou Moctar performs on the Hydro Quebec stage at Place D'Youville during Day 4 of the 52nd Festival D'été Quebec (FEQ2019) on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mdou Moctar - Credit: Ebru Yildiz Mdou Moctar have dropped a scorching new plea, “Imouhar,” off the Nigerien band’s upcoming album ...

Woods have confirmed the lineup for their annual Woodsist Festival. The 2026 edition of the band-curated event will once ...

On July 26, 2023, Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown in a coup, which prevented Mdou Moctar from safely returning home to Niger. The military coup happened shortly ...

The 2026 Woodsist Fest happens September 26 & 27 in Accord, NY and the lineup also includes Dutch Interior, Hayden Pedigo, ...

Tuareg group Mdou Moctar will release their new album Funeral for Justice on May 3 via Matador. The album was produced by the band’s bassist, Mikey Coltun. This is Mdou Moctar’s most political album ...

There’s a simple reason for the frenzied sound of Mdou Moctar’s music. “For me, it’s like the world is going crazy,” says the electric guitarist, a descendant of the Tuareg people of the West African ...

Thirteen minutes of frenetic and questing and smoldering guitar soloing propelled along by an impossibly tinny drum-machine loop. Swirling sunburnt space-rock recorded live-bootleg style at Nigerian ...

Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and "rock music" by melding Eddie Van Halen pyrotechnics, full-blast noise and guitar shredding, field ...

Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics ...

Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar has released a new track, “Taliat,” from his upcoming album, Afrique Victime, out May 21st via Matador. “Taliat” is centered around Moctar’s billowing guitar lines, which ...

Tuareg guitar legend Mdou Moctar is heading to Austin, Texas, to play the Austin Psych Fest and New Orleans Jazz Fest later this year, and has scheduled some American tour dates around that appearance ...