Bombino, the desert bluesman who helped popularize the eclectic, electric sound of the Sahara, showed off his guitar genius Saturday night in the Finger Lakes. The soft-spoken but strong-strumming ...

I walked down the hallway to get a glimpse of Bombino and I see a clearly stressed Ariana Morgenstern (MBE producer) on the phone, leaving a message for Ghanaian musician Rocky Dawuni, a friend of the ...

O mar Moctar (a.k.a. Bombino) is a young, Niger-born Tuareg guitarist inspired by the wizardry of Saharan rock bands like Tinariwen. Watch Bombino... A young, Niger-born Tuareg guitarist inspired by ...

Bombino is a young Tuareg singer and a guitar wizard whose riffs echo Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker. Driven into exile from Niger, Bombino picked up his first guitar at age 12 and helps transport ...

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Omara "Bombino" Moctar is out with his seventh album, Sahel, which is named after his homeland. On the project he pays tribute to his fellow Tuareg, who are indigenous to the eponymous African region ...