Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 Ben Nichols' from Lucero first

Ben Nichols' from Lucero first solo album since 2009's The Last Pale Light in the West

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Mdou Moctar "Ilana (The Creator)" 2022-12-23 Ben Nichols' from Lucero firstBlistering 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