Just spent 6 days on tour with Tinariwen, tuareg rock band, doing a 45 min radio documentary for France Inter / Interception. Amazing experience as happened many events in their homeland in North Mali. The documentary will be a mix of musical takes, political talks about Azawad, tuaregs living conditions in Sahara and in the refugee camps. Doc on air and podcast on 29/04/2012
Documentary about Occupy Wall Street to listen on Radio France Internationale (40 min, there +++) and long text and photo on OWNI.fr (there +++)
Occupy Wall Street Demonstation. Solidarity Sunday with Oakland. NYC. 30/01/2012
Bravoooo ! Tinariwen wins the world music album award @ The GRAMMYs !
This 2011 november evening, I had the chance to witness my first tuareg rock battle.
On one side of the ring, Bombino from Agadez, Niger, jumping all around and playing with his Fender as fast as he could.
On the other side, Tamikrest from Kidal, Mali, calmly and deeply launching their Gibson sound in the air.
And the winner was ….
Ahmed Abdoulaye Boudane (aka “Ag Jackson”), young tuareg painter, who made a brilliant saharan air guitar show.
Listen to Bombino +++ and Tamikrest +++
Discover Ahmed Abdoulaye Boudane work +++
Tahra Mint Hembara, griot, singer. Nouakchott, Mauritania. 11/2011
Malouma Mint Meidah, amazing singer, politician. Spent time and interviewed her in Nouakchott, Mauritania , november 2011, for a radio documentary for France Culture. Discover her blues +++
Nouakchott, Mauritania. 11/2011
