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Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator) CDBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first

Allegretto pastorale - Presto - Allegretto pastorale

and it turned out there was still lots more to say after all

3 Sing Me to the Street

fiercely elegant compositions built to be exploded by other artists

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Für Elise-Reverie

Recorded entirely without accompaniment

1 At Last

takes inspiration from gypsy culture

Riis channels that spirit into Lifandi

Maybe a little forgiveness needed

" - John Baizley