Bombino

About

Omara "Bombino" Moctar (born 1980, Tidene, Niger) is a Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter whose hypnotic desert blues weaves traditional Tamasheq music together with rock and blues. Twice forced into exile by Tuareg uprisings in Niger, he turned those experiences into the raw material of his art. His 2013 album Nomad, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, broke him internationally, and his 2018 album Deran earned him a Grammy nomination - the first ever for an artist from Niger.

iTunes World Chart debut position for album Nomad (2013)

iTunes World Chart debut position for album Agadez (2011)

Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album (Deran, 2019) - first ever for a Nigerien artist

What's new

2026-07
Bombino is scheduled to perform in Munich, Germany on July 21, 2026 at Ampere im Muffatwerk.
2026-06
Bombino performed at Bergenfest in Bergen, Norway in June 2026.
2026-03
Bombino played Oslo's Cosmopolite venue in March 2026 as part of his ongoing European touring.
2025-10
Bombino toured the Netherlands in October 2025, with shows in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven.
2023-09
Bombino released his album Sahel on September 15, 2023 via Partisan Records, produced by David Wrench and recorded at Studio HIBA in Casablanca.