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May 1, 2014Nomad is more than a beautiful offering for the world music crowd. It's the defining work of a guitar hero.
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Apr 5, 2013Bombino and his band have released a killer document not only for fans of North African guitar music; anyone who has ever appreciated a master player make magic on a Fender while a band, which on Nomad is augmented by a few Auerbach’s go-to session men, organizes structures behind him, will find comfort in Bombino’s music.
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Apr 2, 2013With an American bassist on half the tracks and a German drummer doubling Bombino's own guy half the time too, this is the hardest-rocking of the hard-traveling Tuareg guitarist's three distinct albums.
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Apr 1, 2013Everything here certainly belongs and contributes to the rich, gritty, and ultimately joyous tone of this wonderful album.
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Apr 15, 2013A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach's arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.
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MojoApr 9, 2013A tremendous (and timely) distraction from the bad news from the desert this year. [May 2013, p.85]
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Apr 2, 2013Overall, this is a highly enjoyable work packed with infectious licks and proves to be an easy album to get along with from the get-go.
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Apr 1, 2013[Dan Auerbach] helped Bombino make a spacious, centered record, one that stretches to appeal to Western listeners--like the nomads, known for their circular dancing, who temporarily inhabit the fields of Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., every June--without strain or clutter or hipness overload.
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Apr 1, 2013Nomad confirms Bombino's promise, but with a few added surprises.
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Apr 1, 2013This rocks harder and faster than those fellow Tuareg bluesmen, partly due to the noticeable pop influence of another Malian act, Amadou & Mariam.
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Apr 1, 2013New elements like keyboards and lap steel guitar are deployed carefully, filling out the sound rather than leading it astray.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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Nov 15, 2020Its a really great album. Theres just a special sound to it. Emotion in the songs. It really sounds like nothing else i've heard
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Feb 5, 2014