Bombino

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Critic Consensus

Based on 15 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bombino is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Bombino concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intense.

ON TOUR

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom (October 11); Sala La Paloma, Barcelona, Spain (November 13)

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Latest Release

My Sound (13 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

global

Origin

Agadez, Niger (1/1/1980)

Bio

Omara "Bombino" Moctar, whose given name is Goumar Almoctar, was born on January 1st, 1980 in Tidene, Niger, an encampment of nomadic Tuaregs located about 80 kilometers to the northeast of Agadez. He is a member of the Ifoghas tribe, which belongs to the Kel Air Tuareg federation.

Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Twin Cities Media (USA)

June 6, 2019

Bombino At The Cedar. Winds Of The Sahara

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The Music (Australia)

November 24, 2018

A sweet trickle of notes typically evolves into an overwhelming crescendo of intense riffing that sees Bombino's nimble fingers blur across the frets.

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Pass The Aux (USA)

July 19, 2018

Bombino turns Silverlake into Sahara Desert at Zebulon

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The Music (Australia)

January 9, 2014

Listening to a few conversations in the queue before the doors opened it appeared there were a quite a number of attendees with little or no knowledge of the music of Omara Moctar, otherwise known as Bombino.

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The Guardian (UK)

April 26, 2013

The choice of venue was significant: the Village Underground in Shoreditch was packed with a young enthusiastic crowd cheering a Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist from the northern desert of Niger as if he were a rock star.

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