The album “At Pioneer Works” captures performances by Les Filles de Illighadad, a band started in a village in Niger by a trailblazing woman guitarist. By David Renard Not many bands travel 5,000 ...
Last month, on a warm Tuesday evening, Les Filles de Illighadad—a guitar-based Tuareg quartet from western Niger—played for a sold-out crowd at Pioneer Works, an art and performance space in Red Hook, ...
Deep in the heart of central Niger, nomadic Tuareg people make their living and create music in the scrublands of the Saharan desert. The music reflects centuries-old traditions: Goatskin drums, ...
In Tuareg culture, women rarely play guitar; this Nigerien group breaks with that tradition. Their 2019 live recording captures them at a hypnotic high, far from home but in command of an eager, ...
Les Filles de Illighadad plays the Music Box Village at 8 p.m. Friday, April 29. Tickets are $25 at musicboxvillage.com. Los Po-Boy-Citos The fact that Los Po-Boy-Citos' mix of Latin boogaloo and New ...
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