also check out Tinariwen and Bombino
Omara “Bombino” Moctar is a Nigerien Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is sung in Tamasheq and often address geopolitical concerns in Turag. He is also a lead member of Group Bombino. Bombino is the subject of the documentary film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion.
What has become of the Ténéré
The Ténéré* has become an upland of thorns
Where elephants fight each other Crushing tender grass under foot.
The gazelles have found refuge high in the mountains The birds no longer return to their nests at night The camps have all fled.
You can read the bitterness on the faces of the innocents During this difficult and bruising time In which all solidarity has gone.
The strongest impose their will And leave the weakest behind Many have died battling for twisted ends. And joy has abandoned us Exhausted by all this duplicity.
Nothing in Music currently Beats the the Turegs wih E-Guitarrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YKmRKcYW90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1YIgwPsX5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACZA9dGvV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJH0D_RGycY&list=RDEMuQ4j4ydeFqzVKEIZU1Zi4Q&start_radio=1
Very cool. He has some interesting chops on that guitar. I like the finger-pickling style.
I imagine that drum beat is very traditional; the roots of which probably go back hundreds of years if not more… Got a good vibe.
oh ya and Prasanna is another really cool guitarist that comes from northern India classical music
just a taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i05wcQ0Sh4E
longer jazzy trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ELh-UgIWE
