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- Summary: This is the first album recorded in a real studio with a full band for the Tuareg guitarist and songwriter born in Niger.
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- Record Label: Sahel Sounds
- Genre(s): International
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Apr 11, 2019Not only is Ilana Moctar’s best record, it’s also one of the best Saharan records to reach Western ears, and an early contender for the most exhilarating rock record of 2019.
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Apr 11, 2019This is a remarkable album, and made even more so by Moctar's insistence that the concept of rock music as a genre is fairly new to him. What he does is not rock for rock's sake, but music for music's, and that might be the most rock and roll approach of all.
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Apr 11, 2019It’s neither bootstrapping origin stories nor rock’n’roll fantasies so much as the grim realities facing Moctar and millions of others around the world that give Ilana its considerable power.
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MojoApr 11, 2019Believe it or not, there's room in the desert for yet another serious contender. [May 2019, p.91]
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UncutApr 11, 2019Merciless perfection. [May 2019, p.30]
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