Mdou Moctar * Ilana (The Creator) [New LP] 9/3/21 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra~II

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra~II

All of Your Heart Ft

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Gaspard de la Nuit-Ondine

Mdou Moctar * Ilana (The Creator) [New LP] 9/3/21 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra~IIBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first