Agadez, by Bombino

Agadez

by Bombino

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©ough©ool Great elevating psychedelic blues. I keep coming back to this beautiful release time and time again, just to meditate on the luscious honey vibes residing here... Favorite track: Tar Hani (My Love).

SabbathJeff This is a whole other type of desert rock! Normally I dig big burly riffs, but Bombino's music is so univesal, calming- it's wonderful. I am honored to support this desert rock nomad and hope to catch a show in the northeast one of these days very much. This is my top record for 2011. Outstandingly soulful music that soothes the world. Listen, and hear.

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
The physical CD is packaged in a 6-panel digipak with beautiful photos. Also includes immediate download of 13 -track digital bonus album including live cuts in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

Full digital liner notes included with song lyrics and translations.

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1.	Ahoulaguine Akaline (I Greet My Country) 04:03	lyrics
I greet my country where I left my parents I greet my country I greet my country where I left my love I greet my country I greet my country where I left my community I greet my country You know that I am suffering from it I greet my country
2.	Tar Hani (My Love) (free) 06:30	lyrics	download
I am telling you, my love will not leave you Hold up my love – everywhere you go Put my heart and yours together – everywhere you go Do not listen to the words of enemies They can destroy a true love
3.	Adounia (Life) 05:05	lyrics
Life! Life! Life! Life! Life! Life! If you permit yourself to be obsessed by the difficulties of life They will carry you away! You will forget your friends You will forget your community Life is short and we have to enjoy it during our short stay Life! Life! Life! Life! Life! Life!
4.	Kammou Taliat (You, My Beloved) 04:30	lyrics
You – my lover – know that I keep you in my heart True love deep in my heart links us forever Everywhere I go, I think about you And I always listen to my heart it reminds me of your love I will never forget you And I will die with your love You – my lover – know that I keep you in my heart
5.	Tigrawahi Tikma (Bring Us Together) 05:17	lyrics
I am feeling sick to see my community unable to unite itself We share the same culture, the same language, the same problems Why can't we come together? This situation injures a living heart We have to love each other and have the same goals in order to fight for our rights Love must be our link; our culture will bring us together for a better future
6.	Tenere (The Desert, My Home) 03:32	lyrics
Wide open spaces of the desert! In the desert! Desert! In the desert! Desert! In the desert! Oh desert! There is solitude in the desert, and a lack of water I am sitting on a dune and thinking about the hostility of life in the desert I am realizing the hard conditions of the life of my brothers Sun is burning in the desert. There is no rain in the desert To live in the desert, we need to have a strong morale We live in the most beautiful space and the hardest space for life Wide open spaces of the desert! In the desert! Desert! In the desert! Desert! In the desert! Oh desert!
7.	Iyat Idounia Ayasahen (Another Life) 09:08	lyrics
Another life is the hardest life in that it separates friends It separates friends because it doesn't allow for heritage We follow material goods and forget our relationships We leave our friends because of money We fool our friends because of material things Are material things more important than men?
8.	Azamane (My Brothers United) 04:32	lyrics
People! Hold on for a moment! Anyone you contact, will tell you Our community needs help We are suffering and we have to stand up for our rights We have to fight against injustice and discrimination But he has other ideas concerning just his own life At the end you will realize that he is fighting only for his own interests And he has no aims for the people Oh my brother! We have heard so many ideas without a good future We have lost many men for our rights but there are no benefits for us at the end It is necessary to find another solution People! Hold on for a moment!
9.	Assalam Felawan (Peace To You) 06:16	lyrics
We are greeting you, the Tuareg people How are you? How do you experience this difficult situation? The injustice, discrimination, lack of water, bad health, and lack of education That refuses to end? Please preserve our culture! Preserve it! Don't let it disappear! We thank our parents who raised us amidst these difficulties, requiring much patience Don't let the efforts of our parents disappear for nothing
10.	Tebsakh Dalet (A Green Acacia) 05:09	lyrics
A green acacia in the center of the water makes the soul breathe Its breathing came to me bringing a soft air When her love invades me, she becomes like a green flower Green acacia, which is in the center of the water, makes the soul breathe
11.	Mahegagh (What Shall I Do?) [BONUS] 11:28	lyrics
What shall I do? Oh, what shall I do Against this endless solitude It is located in the bottom of my heart And lives on it every moment My friends, do you know What could cool my boiling heart?
12.	Adinet (Tuareg People) [BONUS] 04:02	lyrics
Tuareg people, become aware! Tuareg people The world is watching us Tuareg people We are not able Tuareg people To unite our people Tuareg people What happens to us? Tuareg people We can not Tuareg people Assure the unity of our people Tuareg people The world is about to evolve. Tuareg people Divided, we stay behind Tuareg people
13.	Tigrawahi Tikma (Live Version) [BONUS] 13:02	info

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released April 19, 2011

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Bombino Agadez, Niger

Omara "Bombino" Moctar, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter, was raised during an era of armed struggles for independence and violent suppression by government forces. His electrifying jams capture the spirit of resistance and rebellion while echoing with guitar riffs reminiscent of fellow Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré as well as Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page. ... more

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Tazidert

May 2023
Live in Amsterdam

Nov 2020
Deran

May 2018
Azel

Sep 2016
Nomad

Apr 2013
Agadez

Apr 2011
Agadez - Digital Bonus Version

Apr 2011
Agadez - Digital Album

Mar 2011

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