Mdou Moctar * Ilana (The Creator) [New LP] 9/3/21 Hiram Hubbard [The Finjan

Hiram Hubbard [The Finjan

This limited-edition release on Crystal Clear Vinyl is a must-have celebration of the album that started it all

Gaspard de la Nuit-Ondine

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra~II

The Awakening-Prologue-Spring Thing

Mdou Moctar * Ilana (The Creator) [New LP] 9/3/21 Hiram Hubbard [The FinjanBlistering and hypnotic, 'Ilana (The Creator)' (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero's first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on 'Afrique Victime' (2021) and 'Funeral For Justice' (2024). 'Ilana' was the first