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Group Bombino
OriginAgadez, Niger
GenresTuareg Blues
Years active2007–present
LabelsSublime Frequencies
MembersOmara "Bombino" Moctar (guitar)
Websitehttp://www.sublimefrequencies.com

Group Bombino is a music group of Agadez, Niger led by Tuareg guitarist Omara Moctar and including some of the members of their associates Group Inerane.

Their music consists of guitar-based political protest songs of the Tuareg people's rebellion against the governments of Niger and Mali.

They recorded the second album in Seattle-based label Sublime Frequencies' Guitars from Agadez series, recorded live in Agadez in 2007.[1][2]

Currently, Bombino performs and records under his own name.

References

  1. ^ http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/item.asp?Item_id=51
  2. ^ http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4765


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