The Lone Bellow was greeted on release as one of the best albums of the year by People Magazine,
and the band has garnered critical acclaim from everyone from USA Today, The New York Times and
The Associated Press, to Paste, Forbes and Filter. The band appeared on Conan O' Brien in January
and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in late spring. Radio station WFUV praised the album's "charm,
radiant hooks and intense emotions," noting also, "The Lone Bellow performs with a sense of necessity."
NPR's Bob Boilen simply stated: "The world of acoustic music is about to get a new household name."
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Bombino Tours
North America This Winter in Support of Nonesuch Debut Nomad;
Stops Include
Performance at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in NYC
Record named in
Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Albums of 2013 Mid-Year
Report”
Produced by The
Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach
Catch Bombino live at The Magic Bag
Sunday 11/24
Nonesuch Records
released Tuareg guitarist, singer, and songwriter Omara
“Bombino” Moctar’s label debut, Nomad, this spring to critical
acclaim. Rolling Stone gave the record
four stars describing it as “a perfect match of sound and soul” and hailing
Bombino as “a new guitar hero.” In June the record landed on the magazine’s
“50 Best Albums of 2013 Mid-Year Report.” At the invitation of The
Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, who had become a fan of the Niger-born artist’s unique
style of desert blues, Bombino and his band traveled to Nashville for the
recording of Nomad, produced by Auerbach at his studio, Easy Eye Sound.
Bombino will tour North America this winter including stops in
Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York
Born and raised in
Niger, in and around the northern city of Agadez, Bombino is a member of the
Tuareg Ifoghas tribe, a nomadic people descended from the Berbers of North
Africa. The Tuareg people have fought the Niger government to secure their
rights on numerous occasions, causing Bombino and his family to flee several
times. During one such exile, relatives visiting from the front lines of the
rebellion left behind a guitar, and Bombino began teaching himself to play it.
He eventually studied with the renowned Tuareg guitarist Haja Bebe, who asked
him to join his band, where he acquired the nickname Bombino—a variation on the
Italian word for “little child.”
While living in
Algeria and Libya in his teen years, Bombino’s friends played him videos of Jimi
Hendrix and Mark Knopfler, among others, which they watched over and over in an
effort to master their licks. Bombino worked regularly as a musician and also as
a herder in the desert near Tripoli, spending many hours alone watching the
animals and practicing his guitar. Eventually, Bombino returned to Niger, where
he continued to play with a number of local bands. As his legend grew, a Spanish
documentary film crew helped Bombino record his first album, Group Bombino’s
Guitars from Agadez Vol. 2, which became a local radio hit. Following the
release of his 2011 solo album, Agadez, Bombino sold out venues across
the U.S. and garnered the praise of outlets ranging from Pitchfork to
NPR’s Fresh Air, whose critic Milo Miles called him “a young
performer with the charisma and probing imagination to become the first Tuareg
star.”
Bombino North American Tour Dates
Wednesday, November 20, UNC
Asheville, Asheville, NC
Thursday, November 21, Exit/In,
Nashville, TN
Saturday, November 23, Martyr’s,
Chicago, IL
Sunday, November 24, Magic Bag,
Ferndale, MI
Wednesday, November 27, Thunderbird
Café, Pittsburg, PA
Thursday, November 28, Measure,
Toronto, ON
Friday, November 29, Neat Coffee
Shop, Burnstown, ON
Sunday, December 1, The Sinclair,
Cambridge, MA
Monday, December 2, Columbus Theatre,
Providence, RI
Tuesday, December 3, The Hamilton,
Washington, DC
Thursday, December 5, The Blockley,
Philadelphia, PA
Friday, December 6, Zankel Hall, New
York, NY
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NEXT WEEK
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Voyag3r's Black Friday Night
11.29.13 - New Way Bar
Ferndale USA
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The Oscillating Fan Club
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Doors: 9pm - 21+ - $6
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