Mdou Moctar has set up a GoFundMe after the military coup d’état in his home country Niger has left him and his Nigerien bandmates stranded in the US, where they have recently been touring.
Moctar is one of the world’s most exciting players. He and rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane have an incredible chemistry. Moctar has developed a psychedelic electric guitar that’s rooted in Tuareg and desert blues styles, influenced by classic rock players such as Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, but is inextricably connected to a sense of place, informed by the desert and by everyday life there.
