10/13/2023
Donât miss Bombino tomorrow night at Volland, A Place for Art and Community. Amazing that a world renowned artist will be playing in our community! Please support the show and their mission!
Welcome back to âDiscover Bombino: The Tuareg Folk Heroâ, Vollandâs series highlighting Bombinoâs rich history and background! Each day until October 14 weâll be posting more of Bombinoâs story of his musical journey from the desert to the world stage. On October 14, Bombino will perform at Volland! Read on for Day 5: Bombino is discovered!
Fast forward to 2009 when Bombino met filmmaker Ron Wyman of Zero Gravity Films. Wyman had heard a cassette of Bombinoâs music while traveling near Agadez, leading Wyman to seek out Bombino for over a year, finally finding him exiled by the Nigerien government forces in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Wyman, while in Ouagadougou, featured Bombino in a documentary about the Tuareg and later that year, he invited Bombino to Cambridge, MA to record âAgadezâ in Wymanâs home studio. âAgadezâ was released in April 2011 on
Cumbancha Records and received worldwide acclaim and tours between 2011 and 2012!
In January 2010, on the occasion of Tuaregs lowering arms and being allowed to return to Niger, Wyman came to Agadez to finish the album and film with Bombino. In one of many historically significant moments in Bombinoâs career, the sultan of Agadez allowed Wyman and Bombino to organize a concert for peace at the base of the Grand Mosque, the first time a performance of that nature had been permitted. This concert and celebration drew over 1,000 people to celebrate the end of the second Tuareg rebellion â everyone dancing, singing, and celebrating peace at the edge of the Sahara.
Much of the information from this series is from Wyman's 2010 documentary Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion (1h 15m) where Bombino was interviewed about his life and musical journey.
Tune in tomorrow for more about Bombinoâs musical journey and why his concert at Volland is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Want to read more? Head to Bombinoâs website and read his bio and all about his new album, Sahel. Tickets will be available at the door but donât wait until the day of- reserve yours today and follow along until the concert. We canât wait to see you there!
Tomorrow...âutterly, utterly fantasticâ
Photo by Ron Wyman. Most of the information in the series, âDiscover Bombino: The Tuareg Folk Hero,â is based largely on the bio in Bombino's website. bombinomusic.com.
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http://www.bombinomusic.com
https://vollandfoundation.org/bombinos-sahel