Tag Archives: North African

Meditative and earthy, Niger-based musician Bombino conjures the expansiveness from the Sahara landscaping. Blessed in 1980 as Goumar Almoctar in the nomadic Tuareg encampment Tidene, Bombino emerged old during much politics upheaval, fleeing along with his family members to Algeria by 1990 and time for north Niger’s largest town, Agadez, …

The musical traditions of Algeria are coupled with French cabaret by sensuous-voiced Berber singer Djamel Allam. The sponsor of a favorite music display on Algeria’s Radio 3 International as well as the creative director from the Vault cabaret in the Algerian suburb of Moretti, Allam is constantly on the record …