Mdou Moctar - Blue Stage Sessions LP Jazz and nothing like the jangly

and nothing like the jangly roots of college radio rock starting to formulate in Athens

drummer Jack DeJohnette

the Impalas (who would hit the charts three years later as the Jewels)

Nickelodeon-induced lethargy that ran away from home not out of any wide-eyed big city daydream

Mdou Moctar - Blue Stage Sessions LP Jazz and nothing like the janglyThe Third Man Records Cass Corridor space in Detroit had the distinct pleasure of hosting and recording one of the most compelling new guitarists of the 21st century, Mdou Moctar. Mdou is a member of the Tuareg music community gestating in the remote desert city of Agadez, Niger, where guitars are king. His music first came to the attention of Western music lovers through the essential field recording work being done by the good folks at Sahel Sounds,