Mdou Moctar have dropped a scorching new plea, “Imouhar,” off the Nigerien band’s upcoming album, Funeral for Justice, out May 3 via Matador.
“Imouhar” begins with a shaggy, lo-fi groove but quickly launches into the kind of propulsive, head-spinning desert blues Mdou Moctar’s best known for, replete — of course — with plenty of insane guitar pyrotechnics. In the lyrics, Moctar encourages the Tuareg people to not let their Tamasheq language become obsolete.
“People here are just using French,” the frontman said in a statement. “They’re starting to forget their own language.
“Imouhar” begins with a shaggy, lo-fi groove but quickly launches into the kind of propulsive, head-spinning desert blues Mdou Moctar’s best known for, replete — of course — with plenty of insane guitar pyrotechnics. In the lyrics, Moctar encourages the Tuareg people to not let their Tamasheq language become obsolete.
“People here are just using French,” the frontman said in a statement. “They’re starting to forget their own language.
- 3/26/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Nigerien and Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar has shared “Imouhar,” the latest single off Moctar’s forthcoming album Funeral for Justice.
With kaleidoscopic guitar work, soaring vocals, and rapid-fire drumming, Mdou Moctar and his band build to a scorching, satisfying crescendo in “Imouhar.” The word “Imouhar” for the Tuareg means “brother” or “comrade;” as Mdou says in a statement, it’s a way of establishing common unity within the Tuareg people.
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The anti-colonialist song calls for the preservation of Tamasheq language, which is quickly dying out: “People here are just using French,” Moctar says. “They’re starting to forget their own language. We feel like in a hundred years no one will speak good Tamasheq, and that’s so scary for us.” In his native Tamasheq, Moctar spells out his concerns throughout “Imouhar,” at one point singing, “Waking up one day our kids can’t speak...
With kaleidoscopic guitar work, soaring vocals, and rapid-fire drumming, Mdou Moctar and his band build to a scorching, satisfying crescendo in “Imouhar.” The word “Imouhar” for the Tuareg means “brother” or “comrade;” as Mdou says in a statement, it’s a way of establishing common unity within the Tuareg people.
Get Mdou Moctar Tickets Here
The anti-colonialist song calls for the preservation of Tamasheq language, which is quickly dying out: “People here are just using French,” Moctar says. “They’re starting to forget their own language. We feel like in a hundred years no one will speak good Tamasheq, and that’s so scary for us.” In his native Tamasheq, Moctar spells out his concerns throughout “Imouhar,” at one point singing, “Waking up one day our kids can’t speak...
- 3/26/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
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