MDOU MOCTAR

Afrique Victime

“It nearly made me sick, just how incredible it was,” Mdou Moctar told MOJO of the time in 2014 when he first heard Jimi Hendrix. Since then the Niger guitarist has channelled that influence as a guitar hero pushing the Saharan blues sound to breathtaking new highs. Evidence could be found in abundance on Afrique Victime, an album that secured Moctar and his band’s position alongside Tinariwen in the Tuareg rock premier league.

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