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Tambatum

June 26, 2019, 8:45 am

Afelan Tisseway In 2012, I had the chance to meet with Tambatum, renowned poet (read: Tisseway) of the Azawakh region in Niger. It was my first trip to Niger to meet with Mdou Moctar, and he was...

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Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator

March 29, 2019, 7:56 am

Mdou Moctar’s Ilana: The Creator is out today, and the USA tour just kicked off – check full dates here. A long time coming, “Ilana” is Mdou’s first true studio album with a live band. Recorded in...

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Houmeissa by Hama Hama, real name Mouhamadou Moussa, make some undeniably forward thinking music. He first started playing when he was gifted a Yamaha PSR-64, an interesting and now very hard to find...

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Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane

October 23, 2018, 8:05 am

Oyiwane by Troupe École Tudu The debut album from Troupe École Tudu “Oyiwane” is now available, restored and remastered for the first time outside of Niger! Troupe École Tudu (previously) take their...

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Azna de L’Ader Desert Disco

June 11, 2018, 7:54 am

Azna de L’Ader – Adawi Azna de L’Ader – Jan Marké There is something mysterious about the musical archive. It holds a lot of promise. Where live performance – the way music was existed for millennia...

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Etran de L’Aïr – No. 1

June 8, 2018, 11:10 am

We’ve just wrapped up the new album from Agadez wedding band Etran de L’Aïr. Recorded in 2014, and featured previously here on the blog, it’s been a long time coming. Even longer, if you consider the...

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Troupe Ecole Tudu

February 9, 2018, 10:52 am

I first came upon this cassette at Djadje’s market stall at the Grand Marché in Niamey in 2014. The tapes were not for sale (Djadje sells dubbed copies) so I spent the good part of a day sitting on a...

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Hauka, music for the spirits

October 4, 2018, 7:54 am

Mamoudou Amadou Seini Lingo & Group – Song for Water Djinn Seini Lingo & Group – Captain Salama I come to Niamey looking for the supernatural. Fresh off speaking at a conference for the...

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Les Filles de Illighadad Tour 2018

February 5, 2018, 10:15 am

Les Filles de Illighadad are back on tour for 2018. Check out full dates below, across the EU + onto the Réunion Islands. They’ll be joined for the first time with Amariam Ahmed, guitarist from Agadez...

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Radio Niger with a little distortion

December 27, 2017, 12:59 pm

http://sahelsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/radio_niger.mp3 Happy 2017, and onto a new year. Stumbled across this beautiful piece of technology in Niamey last month. The masons were busy working...

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Mdou Moctar – Sousoume Tamachek

September 9, 2017, 10:03 am

Sousoume Tamachek by Mdou Moctar Mdou Moctar’s new album, Sousoume Tamachek, is now available! In the past years, Tuareg rock music, particularly that of Niger, has gotten faster. There is a...

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Les Filles de Illighadad Tour

March 16, 2017, 10:29 am

Spring is here, and Les Filles de Illighadad are heading out on their European tour next month, with dates in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and the UK. Stop by and say hello! The...

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Mdou Moctar USA Tour 2017

August 9, 2017, 1:47 pm

After many years, we’re proud to announce the Mdou Moctar USA tour! Mdou & the band will be starting off on the EU/UK, then headed across the USA, with shows on the West Coast, Midwest, East...

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Zerzura premiere!

July 19, 2017, 2:25 pm

After a year of work, we’ve finally wrapped up our feature film Zerzura. A collaboration between Sahel Sounds and the nascent Imouhar Studio (an all purpose film/music studio in Agadez, Niger), the...

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Sousoume Tamachek Teaser Vid

July 10, 2017, 3:54 pm

We put together this little preview video for Mdou Moctar’s upcoming album “Sousoume Tamachek.” The album was recorded in Portland, Oregon, and we brought in a range of local talent in the recording,...

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Mohamed Barky, synth from Niger

April 6, 2017, 11:02 am

It’s been quiet around here lately as we’ve been doing this and that, but there’s still so much to share in the archives! Today’s tracks come from a mysterious cassette from Djadje, one of Niamey’s...

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Les Filles de Illighadad Tour

March 16, 2017, 10:29 am

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Agrim Agadez – musique guitare de la republique du niger

January 31, 2017, 8:30 pm

Agrim Agadez by sahelsounds The newest release from Sahel Sounds is titled Agrim Agadez , a compilation of field recordings of guitar music from the Sahelian empire of Niger. Focusing on guitar music...

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a story of sahel sounds

October 26, 2016, 2:38 pm

Our friends at the Neopan Kollektiv have finished up their documentary “A Story of Sahel Sounds.” The film is what it says on the tin. A few years back, the filmmakers reached out about a project to...

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Akounak DVD

August 3, 2016, 8:20 am

Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai is now available! The first ever Tuareg language fictional film, based on the legendary rock-u-drama “Purple Rain,” Akounak or “Rain the Color Blue with a Little Red in...

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