Mdou Moctar made his first guitar from scratch | Art Works

Mdou Moctar is a Tuareg guitarist and songwriter who melds contemporary Saharan music with rock. He’s known for his use of pyrotechnics, guitar shredding as well as poetic meditations on love and inequality. #ArtWorksABC
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[@BobbyGeneric145]

Mdou is the most exciting guitarist of his generation.

[@MinecrafterZo26]

How has this got only 72 views? Mdou Moctar has some of the best music of the millennium

[@akamil6225]

Exactly what I was thinking 😮😢

[@kafkaesque123]

Agreed. Just just him in Ann Arbor 3 days ago. Incredible!

[@thaynavieiradeandrade5046]

SAME

[@tanyasharadamba1264]

Coz we're early...people just don't know yet. They will❤

[@skyeg7725]

Mdou Moctar is a great artist ... saw him perform live with his band in Cambridge, UK, he’s an insanely gifted guitarist and they’re a great live rock band! Ilana (The Creator) and Afrique Victime are great rock albums ... Kamane Tarhanin, Tala Tannam are masterpieces ❤❤

[@jms1669]

The guy is so incredible, the artist so talented

[@timallison8560]

a true artist.

[@thaynavieiradeandrade5046]

Mdou is a genius on music. Thanks to the serie "irma vep" for putting in the openning theme his beautiful song "Ya Habibti" because now i know this amazing artist!

[@ikeameltdown8012]

Love this man.

[@user-co2ux5xg9q]

C'est bien mdo Mokhtar🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MajdouAgBilal]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tanyasharadamba1264]

Wait... the Tuareg remake of Purple Rain 😮!?

[@ElenaArboria]

Yeah, LOL you heard that correctly!

[@margaretnesbeth593]

He is much more proficient on the trumpet and the violin as i learned at the whatsapp level😂😂😂😂.