Mdou Moctar (21+)
Schedule
Wed Oct 23 2024 at 03:00 am to 05:00 am
UTC-08:00Location
The Crocodile | Seattle, WA
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[url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/704818917/first-listen-mdou-moctar-ilana-the-creator]NPR: First Listen: Mdou Moctar, 'Ilana (The Creator)'[/url]March 21, 20195:00 AM ET
Written by Bob Boilen
From my vantage point — a white kid growing up on the blistering guitars of my '60s guitar heroes like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton — Mdou Moctar has made the most insane psychedelic guitar album of the 21st century. From his perspective, growing up in a small village in central Niger, Moctar may not even know what I'm talking about. In fact, in a press statement, he says, "I don't know what rock is exactly. I have no idea. I only know how to play in my style." And that style is Tuareg guitar: Saharan music that takes the electric guitar into trance territory with its frenetic and often repetitious guitar lines.
After a chance meeting with engineer Chris Koltay, with whom Moctar bonded over the music of ZZ Top (especially the band's 1973 album Tres Hombres, with its own repetitive boogie g
📍 Venue: The Crocodile
🏠 Address: 2200 2nd Avenue
🗺️ Extended Address: Seattle, WA 98121
🌆 City: Seattle
📍 Location: 47.6148, -122.349Error occurred: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (The Crocodile) at position 0 (T): The timezone could not be found in the database
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Where is it happening?
The Crocodile, 2200 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, US, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
