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Monday, July 3: Etran del L’ Air
Doors 7: 30 pm
Tickets in advance: $12 | At the door: $15
Buy nowEtran de L’Aïr is based in the town of Agadez, an urban center of the desert, and a city reknown for the production of the so-called “desert blues.” In the Sahara, this style of electric guitar is intertwined with a social function. Bands are ceremonial and Etran de L’Aïr is the best known and longest playing groups in this city of guitar bands.
Etran is not just a musical group, but a family collective. Formed in 1995, an eternity ago in the Sahara, Etran was founded by member Aghaly Migi. Over the years, he taught his younger brothers to play, and integrated them into the group. Agadez was much smaller then; there was little electricity, and the electric guitar was rare. When the band began, they only had one acoustic guitar, and the rhythm section was a calabash floating in water “hit with a sandal, to make a drum.” When amplification eventually found its way to Agadez, the acoustic guitar was modified, using a transducer microphone. In the past 10 years, the band was able to acquire more material – a drum set, a few electric guitars. As the family grew, so did the band. Today, all the members are brothers or cousins.
COMING SOON
July 14: Keefe Jackson / Jakob Heinemann / Adam Shead with 11th Hour Quartet
August 4th: Eli Wallace
August 19: Trio Imagination (Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and David Virelles)
August 26: Jimbo Easter Presents
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