Mdou Moctar

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  Pitchfork Music Festival Gets the Smile, Bon Iver, Alvvays for 2023 Edition

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2023

  Pitchfork Music Festival has announced its 2023 lineup, taking place from July 21 to 23 at Chicago's Union Park. The three-day event will...

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  Mdou Moctar Announces 'Niger EP Vol. 2,' Shares New Track "Ibitilan"

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2022

  Speedily following Niger EP Vol. 1, Mdou Moctar has announced its counterpart. Niger EP Vol. 2 will arrive digitally on October 25, with vi...

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  Yonatan Gat Gets Members of Deerhoof, Mdou Moctar for New Album 'American Quartet'

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2022

  Yonatan Gat has teamed with members of Deerhoof and Mdou Moctar for a new album. The guitarist will share American Quartet on November 4 vi...

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  Mdou Moctar Collects Live and Alternate Recordings for 'Niger EP Vol. 1'

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2022

  Ahead of playing more tour dates behind last year's acclaimed Afrique Victime, Mdou Moctar has delivered a new EP. The six-song Niger EP Vo...

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  Mdou Moctar Announces Deluxe Edition of 'Afrique Victime,' Shares New Song

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2022

  Mdou Moctor — the guitar hero born Mahamadou Souleymane — is expanding last year's Afrique Victime LP with nine previously unreleased songs...

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  Barack Obama Shares His Favourite Songs of 2021

  PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2021

  Following yesterday's list of top movies, former US president Barack Obama has now shared a list of his favourite songs of 2021. His faves...

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  Exclaim!'s 30 Best Songs of 2021

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2021

  Looking back over the past 12 months, a surprising trend emerges: spoken word. We don't mean rap, mind you — we're talking about actual spo...

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  Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2021

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2021

  After 2020's many delays and cancellations, 2021 was a year of blockbusters. Pop superstars returned after several years of silence, the wo...