Abdallah Oumbadougou - AMGHAR The Godfather of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 (2024)

Amghar: The Godfatdher of Tuareg Music - VOL. 1 is the first career retrospective of the legendary, late Tuareg innovator Abdallah Oumbadougou, who is considered the Godfather of the Tuareg / Desert Blues genre and was a primary influence of current Tuareg musicians like Bombino and Mdou Mocktar. Features 14 tracks, newly remastered by 5 time GRAMMY winning engineer Michael Graves, and includes 6 unreleased, never before heard originals. The gorgeous DOUBLE VINYL package also includes extensive historical liner notes from Tuareg expert & historian Andy Morgan and lyric translations in Tamashek, French and English. The cover portrait of the artist was created by Nigerian born illustrator Diana Ejaita who is notable for her extensive cover work with the New Yorker magazine.

"He was like a father to us. Like our first inspiration" - BOMBINO

Tracklist:
1.01 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Tigrawahi talgha (5:15)
1.02 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Le Iwitian Ourgueza Gueakelen (4:40)
1.03 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Iwouksane (4:09)
1.04 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Imidiwan (3:17)
1.05 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Nigsar Tenere (6:04)
1.06 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - He Teneré (Live) (6:27)
1.07 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Illilagh Teneré (5:02)
1.08 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Dague oudouniya zagzag bass tchilla (3:53)
1.09 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Sarho nawan (5:06)
1.10 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Afrikya (8:35)
1.11 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Tenertin taranin tenertine ounour nin (5:25)
1.12 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Tabsiq dalet (5:10)
1.13 - Abdallah Oumbadougou - Wirhin titiwé tchi higren (6:01)