Bombino live in concert.
ON TOUR

Bombino

14
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
14
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bombino is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Bombino concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intense.

ON TOUR

parc de la jeunesse, Jette, Belgium (May 17); Cosmopolite Scene, Oslo, Norway (May 25); Various Venues, Eindhoven, Netherlands (May 29); Festivalterrein Luttenbergerweg, Hellendoorn, Netherlands (May 31); Various Venues, Eindhoven, Netherlands (May 31); Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy, CA, United States (July 4); Giardino della Triennale, Milano, Italy (September 10);

Latest Release

Sahel (September 15, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Agadez, Niger (1/1/1980) (1/1/1980)
Bio
Omara "Bombino" Moctar, whose given name is Goumar Almoctar, was born on January 1st, 1980 in Tidene, Niger, an encampment of nomadic Tuaregs located about 80 kilometers to the northeast of Agadez. He is a member of the Ifoghas tribe, which belongs to the Kel Air Tuareg federation.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Undertoner (Denmark)

July 5, 2019
83
%
Roskilde Festival

Twin Cities Media (USA)

June 6, 2019
%
Bombino At The Cedar. Winds Of The Sahara

The Music (Australia)

November 24, 2018
%
A sweet trickle of notes typically evolves into an overwhelming crescendo of intense riffing that sees Bombino's nimble fingers blur across the frets.

Pass The Aux (USA)

July 19, 2018
%
Bombino turns Silverlake into Sahara Desert at Zebulon

The Key (USA)

July 26, 2015
%
Led by Tuareg guitarist Omara Bombino Moctar, the band blends the traditional Sahara Desert music of the Tuareg people with Western blues and rock influences. Their latest record, 2013’s Nomad, was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

The Music (Australia)

January 9, 2014
%
Listening to a few conversations in the queue before the doors opened it appeared there were a quite a number of attendees with little or no knowledge of the music of Omara Moctar, otherwise known as Bombino.

Gaffa (Denmark)

July 5, 2013
83
%
Odeon Roskilde Festival, Odense, Denmark

Past critic reviews published in

Berlingske (Denmark), Gaffa (Denmark), Twin Cities Daily Planet (USA), The Know (Denver Post) (USA), The Guardian (UK) and more

Image Credit

Schorle [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons