Songhoy Blues

Songhoy Blues
Songhoy Blues at the Rough Trade club,
New York City, February 2015
Background information
OriginBamako, Mali
Genres
Years active2012 (2012)–present
LabelsTransgressive, Cult, Atlantic, Fat Possum Records
Members
  • Garba Touré
  • Aliou Touré
  • Oumar Touré
  • Nathanael Dembélé
Websitesonghoy-blues.com

Songhoy Blues is a desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali. The band was formed in Bamako after being forced to leave their homes during the civil conflict and the imposition of Sharia law.[3] The band released its debut album, Music in Exile, via Transgressive Records on February 23, 2015, while Julian Casablancas' Cult Records partnered with Atlantic Records to release the album in North America in March 2015. The group is one of the principal subjects of the documentary film They Will Have To Kill Us First.[4]

  1. ^ "7 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week". NME. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Songhoy Blues On World Cafe". NPR Music. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ Brown, Helen (21 February 2015). "Songhoy Blues, Music in Exile, review: 'terrifically danceable'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ Gallo, Phil (19 March 2015). "Can Mali's Songhoy Blues Connect With the Black Keys Audience? Atlantic Records Is Banking on It". billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2015.